7.5

CVE-2005-0546: cyrus imapd

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2005:408
Published 25-02-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0546 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in cyrus imapd. EPSS estimates a 4.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.9% 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
4.24%
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. 25-02-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Cyrus IMAPd before 2.2.11 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an off-by-one error in the imapd annotate extension, (2) an off-by-one error in "cached header handling," (3) a stack-based buffer overflow in fetchnews, or (4) a stack-based buffer overflow in imapd.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.24% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.24%

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

Redhat6 products
  • cyrus-imapd< 0:2.2.12-3.RHEL4.1
  • cyrus-imapd-devel< 0:2.2.12-3.RHEL4.1
  • cyrus-imapd-murder< 0:2.2.12-3.RHEL4.1
  • cyrus-imapd-nntp< 0:2.2.12-3.RHEL4.1
  • cyrus-imapd-utils< 0:2.2.12-3.RHEL4.1
Cyrus1 product
  • imapd2.0.17 | 2.1.16 | 2.1.17 | 2.1.18 | 2.2.10

2 vendors · 7 products

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