CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0706

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow vulnerability in discdb.c of grip 3.1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing the cddb lookup to return more matches than expected.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential remote code execution on the victim's system, which could lead to application compromise and further privilege escalation.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade grip to version 3.1.3 or later, which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in discdb.c for grip 3.1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing the cddb lookup to return more matches than expected.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS