CVE-2005-1523

N/A
Published: May 26, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMailutils

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15442
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014052
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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