CVE-2005-2639

Public Exploit

Description

Buffer overflow in Chris Moneymaker's World Poker Championship 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long nickname.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 13.51% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory altervista.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/16478/	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/18844	vdb entry
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/chmpokbof-adv.txt	vendor advisory exploit
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112431235221271&w=2	mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014738	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14587	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2639?: CVE-2005-2639 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2639?: To fix CVE-2005-2639, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2639 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2639 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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