Vulnerability in GNU Emacs
CVE-2005-0100
Format string vulnerability in the movemail utility in (1) Emacs 20.x, 21.3, and possibly other versions, and (2) XEmacs 21.4 and earlier, allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.043 (90.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.043 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- GNU Emacs — versions 21.3
- GNU Xemacs
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9408 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-671 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433928/30/5010/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-670 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-110.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-685 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19246 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-133.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-112.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)