CVE-2005-0117: Xshisen

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in XShisen before 1.36 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long GECOS field.

Affected products

• Xshisen Xshisen: up to and including 1.36

Published 2005-01-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.