CVE-2005-2425

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2005-2425 · Published 03/08/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-2425 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting fileshare (ares).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.8%, higher than 92.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
fileshare ares	`= 1.1`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Ares FileShare 1.1 allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long history parameter in the configuration file (ares.conf) or (2) long search string.

References

marc.info
securitytracker.com/id
securityfocus.com/bid/14377
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21557
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21818

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