Is CVE-2005-4895 being actively exploited?

CVE-2005-4895 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-4895?

CVE-2005-4895 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2005-4895

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD

Multiple integer overflows in TCMalloc (tcmalloc.cc) in gperftools before 0.4 make it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
EPSS score: 1.1% (67th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2005-4886)
Published: July 25, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2005-4886 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

csilvers / gperftools
csilvers / gperftools
csilvers / gperftools

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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