CVE-2005-2772: University Of Minnesota Gopher

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• University Of Minnesota Gopher: version 3.0.9 only

Published 2005-09-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.