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CVE-2005-0892
Buffer overflow in smail 3.2.0.120 allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the MAIL FROM…
High10.0EPSS 9.0%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in smail 3.2.0.120 allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the MAIL FROM command and possibly other SMTP commands.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.0% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- DSA-722 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20050325 smail remote and local root holes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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