CVE-2005-3354: sylpheed

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-3354 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in sylpheed. EPSS estimates a 3.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 20-11-2005
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ldif_get_line function in ldif.c of Sylpheed before 2.1.6 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by having local users import LDIF files with long lines.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.