CVE-2005-2772

EPSS 33.1%

gopher - buffer overflows

Published: 9/2/2005Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in University of Minnesota gopher client 3.0.9 allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long "+VIEWS:" reply, which is not properly handled in the VIfromLine function, and (2) certain arguments when launching third party programs such as a web browser from a web link, which is not properly handled in the FIOgetargv function.

Affected packages (2)

References (1)