Is CVE-2005-0249 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-0249 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-0249?

CVE-2005-0249 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-0249?

CVE-2005-0249 has an EPSS score of 18.83% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-0249

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DEC2EXE module for Symantec AntiVirus Library allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a UPX compressed file containing a negative virtual offset to a crafted PE header.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

18.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1013133
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107822
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.02.08.html
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/187
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18869

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.