CVE-2005-0468
7.5
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
58.54%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (98th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other
Heap-based buffer overflow in the env_opt_add function in telnet.c for various BSD-based Telnet clients allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via responses that contain a large number of characters that require escaping, which consumers more memory than allocated.
Published: 5/2/2005
Modified: 4/16/2026
Vulnerability Summary
CVSS v2 Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)
58.54%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
98th percentile
This vulnerability has a 58.54% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.
CWE Classification
NVD-CWE-Other