7.5

CVE-2005-1523: gnu mailutils

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-1523
Published 26-05-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1523 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnu mailutils. EPSS estimates a 9.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
9.78%
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

Format string vulnerability in imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the command tag for IMAP commands.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

9.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 9.78% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
9.78%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    GNU Mailutils imap4d 0.6 - Remote Format String

    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

6 links