CVE-2005-1019: Aeon

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the getConfig function in Aeon 0.2a and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

Affected products

• Aeon Aeon: version 0.1.8 only; version 0.1.9 only; version 0.2 only; version 0.2a only

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