CVE-2005-2656
Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which...
Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.
- Record
CVE-2005-2656- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.
- Record
CVE-2005-2656- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-2657 No score
Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.
- Record
EUVD-2005-2657- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8xwj-3gxv-8r5r No score
Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which...
Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.
- Record
GHSA-8xwj-3gxv-8r5r- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.
- Record
CVE-2005-2656- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2005-2656 No score
Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2656- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2005-2656 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) in Polygen, published September 1, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 25th percentile. Fixed in polygen 1.0.6-9.