Buffer overflow in David Harris Pegasus Mail
CVE-2005-4444
Stack-based buffer overflow in the trace message functionality in Pegasus Mail 4.21a through 4.21c and 4.30PB1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long POP3 reply.
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: 0.032 (87.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- David Harris Pegasus Mail — versions 4.21a, 4.21b, 4.21c
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.osvdb.org/21842 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3004 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-61/advisory/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419908/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17992 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15973 (vdb-entry)
- www.pmail.com/newsflash.htm (Patch, Vendor Advisory)