7.5

CVE-2005-1520: gnu mailutils

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-1520
Published 26-05-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1520 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnu mailutils. EPSS estimates a 6.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.67%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-732-1

Timeline

  1. 26-05-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the header_get_field_name function in header.c for GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.67%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.67% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
6.67%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    GNU Mailutils 0.6 - Mail Email Header Buffer Overflow

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • mailutils< 1:0.6.1-3
Gnu1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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