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CVE-2005-3279

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-10-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the vgasco_printf function in Jan Kybic BitMap Viewer (BMV) 1.2, when compiled with the M_UNIX flag and running setuid, allows local users to gain privileges via a long filename in the -b command line option.

Affected products

• Jan Kybic Bitmap Viewer: 1.2

References

• http://felinemenace.org/advisories/bmv_advisory.txt
• http://felinemenace.org/advisories/bmv_advisory.txt

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