Is CVE-2005-1686 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-1686 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-1686?

CVE-2005-1686 has a CVSS v2 base score of 2.6 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-1686?

CVE-2005-1686 has an EPSS score of 7.66% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1686?

Upgrade gedit on debian 11 to 2.10.3-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-1686

LOWEPSS 94th pctl

2.6

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bin file with format string specifiers in the filename. NOTE: while this issue is triggered on the command line by the gedit user, it has been reported that web browsers and email clients could be configured to provide a file name as an argument to gedit, so there is a valid attack that crosses security boundaries.

How to fix

Remediation Available

geditDebian

Fixed in:2.10.3-1CVE-2005-1686

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

7.66%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

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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.