CVE-2005-0390: Axel

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the HTTP redirection capability in conn.c for Axel before 1.0b may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Axel Axel: version 1.0a only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.