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CVE-2005-2947

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in KillProcess 2.20 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an exe file with a long FileDescription in the version resource.

Affected products

• Killprocess: through 2.20

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112629480300071&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112629550418406&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14795
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22222
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112629480300071&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112629550418406&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14795
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22222

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