CVE-2005-3863

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in kkstrtext.h in ktools library 0.3 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) centericq, (2) orpheus, (3) motor, and (4) groan, allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter to the VGETSTRING macro.

Affected products

Ktools: through 0.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17768
http://secunia.com/advisories/18081
http://secunia.com/advisories/20329
http://secunia.com/advisories/20368
http://secunia.com/advisories/20446
http://secunia.com/advisories/21684
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200512-11.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-27.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1083
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1088
http://www.osvdb.org/21161
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417906/100/0/threaded

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