Is CVE-2005-1918 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-1918 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-1918?

CVE-2005-1918 has a CVSS v2 base score of 2.6 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-1918?

CVE-2005-1918 has an EPSS score of 2.86% (85th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1918?

Upgrade tar on debian 11 to 1.14-2.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-1918

LOWEPSS 85th pctl

2.6

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The original patch for a GNU tar directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2002-0399) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 uses an "incorrect optimization" that allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted tar file, probably involving "/../" sequences with a leading "/".

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

tarDebian

Fixed in:1.14-2.2CVE-2005-1918

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

2.86%probability of exploitation in 30 days

85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch5

Vendor Advisory3

Other references4

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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.