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Telnetd

First CVE: Dec 23, 2004Active for: 22 yearsTotal CVEs: 2

Telnetd is a remote-access daemon that enables command-line terminal sessions over network connections, with variants including standard and SSL-encrypted implementations. Observed vulnerabilities in this vendor center on the telnetd product line itself and are characterized by general security issues; current severity, exploitation activity, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.

FAUCET AI Generated
2
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 56% of tracked vendors
0.5
Avg CVEs / Product / Year
More Avg CVEs / Product / Year than 5% of tracked vendors
6.3
Avg CVSS Score
Higher Avg CVSS Score than 36% of tracked vendors
0.0%
In CISA KEV
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Telnetd over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Dec 23, 2004
21 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 20, 2005
7,704 days ago

Products(2 total)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).

2 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2004-0998HIGH
Format string vulnerability in telnetd-ssl 0.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Dec 23, 20047.521NONO
CVE-2005-2040MEDIUM
Multiple buffer overflows in the getterminaltype function in telnetd for Heimdal before 0.6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than C
Jun 20, 20055.017NONO
View all 2 CVEs →

CVE Severity & Scoring

Severity distribution of CVEs that affect this vendor's products2 CVEs
50%
50%
Severity distribution among all CVEs352,294 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
MediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown2 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown2 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown2 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown2 (100.0%)

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Telnetd.

Media Mentions

Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Telnetd — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Telnetd's Products

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