CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Its EPSS score suggests a 27.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2005-0468
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
27.07%
Original NVD Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the env_opt_add function in telnet.c for various BSD-based Telnet clients allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via responses that contain a large number of characters that require escaping, which consumers more memory than allocated.