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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2040 · published 20 June 2005

CVE-2005-2040: Telnetd vulnerability

Telnetd · Telnetd

Multiple buffer overflows in the getterminaltype function in telnetd for Heimdal before 0.6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0468 and CVE-2005-0469.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.8% · top 13.9%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the getterminaltype function in telnetd for Heimdal before 0.6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0468 and CVE-2005-0469.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/15718 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-758
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-24.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_40_heimdal.html
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2005-06-20/ Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15718 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-758
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-24.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_40_heimdal.html
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2005-06-20/ Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2040), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.