CVE-2005-2388 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-2388?

CVE-2005-2388 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 27 Jul 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network.

Official description

Buffer overflow in a certain USB driver, as used on Microsoft Windows, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2388?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98se, Microsoft Windows Me and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2388?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2388 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2005-2388 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2388 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2j9r-hm6r-5phq.