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CVE-2005-2772

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-09-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in University of Minnesota gopher client 3.0.9 allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long "+VIEWS:" reply, which is not properly handled in the VIfromLine function, and (2) certain arguments when launching third party programs such as a web browser from a web link, which is not properly handled in the FIOgetargv function.

Affected products

• University Of Minnesota Gopher: 3.0.9

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112559902931614&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16614/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17016
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-832
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/619812
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14693
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22053
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112559902931614&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16614/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17016
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-832
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/619812

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