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CVE-2005-0262

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in ipl_varyon on AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -d argument.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/14231
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY66933&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67750&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67812&apar=only
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=196&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12516
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19282
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14231
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY66933&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67750&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67812&apar=only
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=196&type=vulnerabilities

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