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CVE-2005-2665
Stack-based buffer overflow in expires.c in Elm 2.5 PL5 through PL7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute…
High7.5EPSS 15.3%
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- redhat
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in expires.c in Elm 2.5 PL5 through PL7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with a long Expires header.
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)
- 15.3% · top 3.2% of all CVEs (5 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 (14)
- SSA:2005-311 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 16508 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1014745 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:755 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-200510-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20050822 ELM < 2.5.8 Remote Exploit POC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20050820 [RETRO AUDITING] Elm remote buffer overflow in Expires header (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:186 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SA-2005.47 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCOx_transferred
- 15117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 17475 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16554 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 14613 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SSA:2005-310-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_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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