Buffer overflow in Sylpheed
CVE-2005-3354
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ldif_get_line function in ldif.c of Sylpheed before 2.1.6 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by having local users import LDIF files with long lines.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (89.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sylpheed — versions 0.8.11, 0.9.4, 0.9.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-906 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15363 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17492 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17831/ (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-13.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- sylpheed.good-day.net/en/news.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2360 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17678 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.xatrix.org/advisory.php (vendor-advisory)