CVE-2005-1520

published 2005-05-26

CVE-2005-1520: Buffer overflow in the header_get_field_name function in header.c for GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to…

Priority P3 42 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

Buffer overflow in the header_get_field_name function in header.c for GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	mailutils	< mailutils 1:0.6.1-3 (bookworm)	mailutils 1:0.6.1-3 (bookworm)
gnu	mailutils	—	—
gnu	mailutils	—	—
gnu	mailutils	>= 0 < 1:0.6.1-3	1:0.6.1-3
gnu	mailutils	>= 0 < 1:0.6.1-3	1:0.6.1-3
gnu	mailutils	>= 0 < 1:0.6.1-3	1:0.6.1-3
gnu	mailutils	>= 0 < 1:0.6.1-3	1:0.6.1-3

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.5 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.5 HIGH

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