CVE-2005-4796

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 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: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the XView library (libxview.so) in Solaris 2.5 to 10 allows local users to corrupt files via unknown vectors related to the handling of the clipboard selection while an XView application exits.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 (+1)
Sunos: 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.7, 5.8

References

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-100881-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-27525-1
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-264.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/18809
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13016
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-100881-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-27525-1
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-264.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/18809
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13016

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