Vulnerability in David Harris Pegasus Mail
CVE-2005-4445
Off-by-one error in Pegasus Mail 4.21a through 4.21c and 4.30PB1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long email message header, which triggers a one-byte 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: 0.031 (87.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- David Harris Pegasus Mail — versions 4.21a, 4.21b, 4.21c
References
- 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 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15973 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/21843 (vdb-entry)
- www.pmail.com/newsflash.htm (Vendor Advisory)