CVE-2005-2878
N/A
Published: September 13, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMailutils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 15%
Description
Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112785181316043&w=2x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=4407Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-841Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-10.xmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=303&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=trueQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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