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CVE-2005-4848

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the decompression algorithm in Research in Motion BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1 and earlier before 20050607 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain data packets.

Affected products

• Rim Blackberry Enterprise Server: through 4.0_sp1

References

• http://blog2.lemondeinformatique.fr/management_du_si/2006/05/notre_ami_imad_.html
• http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/articles/669/KB04075_f.SAL_Public.html
• http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0%2C1-0%402-3208%2C36-777732%2C0.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2419
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35241
• http://blog2.lemondeinformatique.fr/management_du_si/2006/05/notre_ami_imad_.html
• http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/articles/669/KB04075_f.SAL_Public.html
• http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0%2C1-0%402-3208%2C36-777732%2C0.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2419
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35241

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