7.5

CVE-2005-0100: gnu emacs

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2005:110RHSA-2005:112RHSA-2005:133
Published 08-02-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0100 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnu emacs. EPSS estimates a 4.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-02-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Format string vulnerability in the movemail utility in (1) Emacs 20.x, 21.3, and possibly other versions, and (2) XEmacs 21.4 and earlier, allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.33% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat12 products
  • emacs< 0:21.3-19.EL.1 | < 0:21.3-4.1
  • emacs-common< 0:21.3-19.EL.1
  • emacs-debuginfo< 0:21.3-19.EL.1 | < 0:21.3-4.1
  • emacs-el< 0:21.3-19.EL.1 | < 0:21.3-4.1
  • emacs-leim< 0:21.3-19.EL.1 | < 0:21.3-4.1
Debian3 products
  • emacs20< 20.7-13.3
  • emacs21< 21.2-1woody3
  • xemacs21< 21.4.16-2 | < 21.4.6-8woody2
Gnu2 products

3 vendors · 17 products

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