7.5high

CVE-2005-2665in critical feed1 exploit

Stack-based buffer overflow in expires.c in Elm 2.5 PL5 through PL7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitr…

Published 21 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
15.3%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in expires.c in Elm 2.5 PL5 through PL7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with a long Expires header.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

15.26% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-1171 Elm < 2.5.8 - Expires Header Remote Buffer Overflow · remote · 2005-08-22

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • slackware.org /security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.419306 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SLACKWARE, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/16508 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1014745 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2005-755.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • gentoo.org /security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=112472951529964&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0688.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /advisories/9670 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SCO, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/15117 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/17475 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/16554 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/14613 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • slackware.org /security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SLACKWARE, x_transferred

Sources

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