CVE-2005-0789: Limewire

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in LimeWire 3.9.6 through 4.6.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a magnet request.

Affected products

• Limewire Limewire: version 3.9.6 only; version 4.6.0 only

Published 2005-03-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.