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CVE-2005-4848

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4848 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the decompression algorithm of Research in Motion BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1 and earlier versions. This flaw could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted data packets to the server. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low access complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been identified, the potential for remote code execution warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0_sp1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rim:blackberry_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0325 is in the 77th 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

blog2.lemondeinformatique.fr / management_du_si/2006/05/notre_ami_imad_.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/35241
blackberry.com / btsc/articles/669/KB04075_f.SAL_Public.html
Patch
lemonde.fr / web/article/0%2C1-0%402-3208%2C36-777732%2C0.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2419