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CVE-2005-4459

Improper Restriction of Memory Buffer: Is CVE-2005-4459 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.

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Exploited in wild
Not listed
CISA KEV
Public exploit
None known
Metasploit/EDB/PoC
Base severity
10 Critical
CVSS
Exploitation prob.
14%
FIRST EPSS
Weakness
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Memory Buffer
CWE

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Low signal — verdict needed

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Based on CVSS · FIRST EPSS

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Affected:VMware

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NAT networking components vmnat.exe and vmnet-natd in VMWare Workstation 5.5, GSX Server 3.2, ACE 1.0.1, and Player 1.0 allows remote authenticated attackers, including guests, to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) EPRT and (2) PORT FTP commands.

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    Field note · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation or public exploit was found for this yet. FIRST EPSS estimates about a 14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, which is high relative to most CVEs.

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Same weakness: CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Memory Buffer.