CVE-2005-3252

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 83.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Back Orifice (BO) preprocessor for Snort before 2.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UDP packet.

Affected products

Sourcefire Snort: 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0505.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17220
http://secunia.com/advisories/17255
http://secunia.com/advisories/17559
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015070
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/175500
http://www.osvdb.org/20034
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15131
http://www.snort.org/docs/change_logs/2.4.3/Changelog.txt
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-291A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2138

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