Heap-based buffer overflow in the env_opt_add function in telnet.c for various BSD-based Telnet clients allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via responses that contain a large number of characters that require escaping, which consumers more memory than allocated.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:13:54.232Z

Reserved: 2005-02-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-0468

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-0468

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0468 - Bugzilla

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