HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-2712

Lotus Domino vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
The LDAP server (nldap.exe) in IBM Lotus Domino before 7.0.1, 6.5.5, and 6.5.4 FP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long bind request, which triggers a null dereference.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Lotus Domino
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published
2005-12-31

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-2712

  • Confirm whether Ibm Lotus Domino is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2712.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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