CVE-2005-3279

HIGH 7.2CVE-2005-3279 · Published 23/10/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-3279 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting bitmap viewer (jan kybic).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.34%, higher than 28.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
bitmap viewer jan_kybic	`= 1.2`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the vgasco_printf function in Jan Kybic BitMap Viewer (BMV) 1.2, when compiled with the M_UNIX flag and running setuid, allows local users to gain privileges via a long filename in the -b command line option.

References

felinemenace.org/advisories/bmv_advisory.txt · Vendor Advisory

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