Is CVE-2005-0468 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-0468 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-0468?

CVE-2005-0468 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-0468?

CVE-2005-0468 has an EPSS score of 27.07% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-0468

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

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.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

27.07%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000962
http://secunia.com/advisories/14745
http://secunia.com/advisories/17899
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-001-telnet.txt
http://www.debian.de/security/2005/dsa-731
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-703
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=221&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/341908
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:061
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-327.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-330.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12919
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-224-1
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9640

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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.