Vulnerability in GNU Mailutils
CVE-2005-2878
Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.
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: 0.146 (96.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.146 · newest: 0.146 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Mailutils — versions 0.6
References
- savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/17020 (third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-10.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/16783 (third-party-advisory)
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.rosiello.org/archivio/imap4d_FreeBSD_exploit.c
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-841 (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14794 (vdb-entry)