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CVE-2005-0708

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0708 describes a critical vulnerability in the sendfile system call within FreeBSD versions 4.8 through 4.11 and 5 through 5.4, as well as DragonflyBSD, where truncated files could lead to the exposure of kernel memory. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dragonflybsd:dragonflybsd:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dragonflybsd:dragonflybsd:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0227 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

freebsd.org / security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:02.sendfile.asc