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CVE-2005-3863

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3863 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the kkstrtext.h component of ktools library version 0.3 and earlier, impacting applications like centericq, orpheus, motor, and groan. This vulnerability allows local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a long parameter to the VGETSTRING macro. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ktools:ktools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0516 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/17768
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18081
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20329
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20368
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20446
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21684
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200512-11.xml
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200608-27.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/23233
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1083
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1088
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 21161
securityfocus.com / archive/1/417906/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/15600
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2605
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2062
Vendor Advisory
zone-h.org / en/advisories/read/id=8480
Vendor Advisory