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CVE-2005-2550
Format string vulnerability in Evolution 1.4 through 2.3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly…
High7.5EPSS 4.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Format string vulnerability in Evolution 1.4 through 2.3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the calendar entries such as task lists, which are not properly handled when the user selects the Calendars tab.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- SUSE-SA:2005:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 14532 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:267 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 19380 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2005-743 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:141 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 16394 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050810 Evolution multiple remote format string bugs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20050810 Evolution multiple remote format string bugs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- USN-166-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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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