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CVE-2005-1046

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CVE-2005-1046 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the kimgio library within KDE 3.4.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PCX image file. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0543 is in the 86th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1046Important

security flaw

Mar 24, 2005

References

bugs.kde.org / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/14908
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28114
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11081
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5802
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-714
PatchVendor Advisory
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20050421-1.txt
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_22_kdelibs3.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-393.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/13096
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/0331
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4241