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CVE-2005-2495

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2495 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in XFree86 versions prior to 4.3.0. These flaws allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems through specially crafted pixmap images. With a CVSS score of 5.1, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high access complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion is minimal, and there is no media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:xfree86:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:xfree86:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:xfree86:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:xfree86:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:xfree86:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0392 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: XFree86-0:4.3.0-95.EL
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: xorg-x11-0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.16
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2495Important

security flaw

Sep 8, 2005

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.22/SCOSA-2006.22.txt
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060403-01-U
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/16777
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/16790
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17044
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17215
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17258
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17278
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19624
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19796
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21318
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22244
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1044
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9615
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A998
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-218.pdf
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-226.pdf
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-182-1
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-816
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-07.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/102441
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_56_xserver.html
osvdb.org / 19352
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-329.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-396.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-501.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / advisories/9285
securityfocus.com / advisories/9286
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427045/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/442163/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/14807
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3140
Vendor Advisory