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CVE-2005-2958

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2958 describes multiple format string vulnerabilities within the GNOME Data Access library (libgda2) version 1.2.1 and earlier, impacting GNOME2. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or Nuclei, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libgda2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0361 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/17323
secunia.com / advisories/17339
secunia.com / advisories/17391
secunia.com / advisories/17426
secunia.com / advisories/17500
secunia.com / advisories/17559
securitytracker.com / id
usn.ubuntu.com / 212-1
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-871
PatchVendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-01.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-November/msg00013.html
securityfocus.com / bid/15200