CVE-2005-0094

Squid vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

8.6%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in the gopherToHTML function in the Gopher reply parser for Squid 2.5.STABLE7 and earlier allows remote malicious Gopher servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted responses.

Affected vendor

Squid

Affected product

Squid

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2005-01-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-0094

Confirm whether Squid Squid is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-0094.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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