Is CVE-2005-2118 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-2118 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-2118?

CVE-2005-2118 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-2118?

CVE-2005-2118 has an EPSS score of 46.29% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-2118

MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctl

5.1

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Windows Shell for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted shortcut (.lnk) file with long font properties that lead to a buffer overflow when the user views the file's properties using Windows Explorer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2122.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

46.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% 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.