THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-1679
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-1679

Picasm vulnerability

CVSS
5.1
EPSS
7.4%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the error directive in picasm 1.12b and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long error message.
Affected vendor
Timo Rossi
Affected product
Picasm
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-05-20

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 7.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-1679

  • Confirm whether Timo Rossi Picasm is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-1679.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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