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CVE-2005-4271

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the malloc debug system in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3, 5.3_l

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18088
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY78227&apar=only
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419577/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15881
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2947
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18088
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY78227&apar=only
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419577/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15881
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2947

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