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CVE-2005-4445
Off-by-one error in Pegasus Mail 4.21a through 4.21c and 4.30PB1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long email…
Medium5.1EPSS 3.1%
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- mitre
Description
Off-by-one error in Pegasus Mail 4.21a through 4.21c and 4.30PB1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long email message header, which triggers a one-byte buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% 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: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-61/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20051220 Secunia Research: Pegasus Mail Buffer Overflow and Off-by-OneVulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1015385 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 17992 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15973 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 21843 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.pmail.com/newsflash.htm#secunia (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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