MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-2577

Winterm vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
7.2%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Wyse Winterm 1125SE running firmware 4.2.09f or 4.4.061f allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a packet with a zero in the IP option length field.
Affected vendor
Wyse
Affected product
Winterm
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2005-08-16

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 7.2% 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-2005-2577

  • Confirm whether Wyse Winterm is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2577.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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