Vulnerability in GNU Mailutils
CVE-2005-1521
Integer overflow in the fetch_io function of the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a partial message request with a large value in the END parameter, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
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: 0.033 (87.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Mailutils — versions 0.5, 0.6
References
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13763 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (Patch, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/15442 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732 (vendor-advisory)