7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2005-1521

Published: 26/05/2005 Updated: 05/09/2008
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Integer overflow in the fetch_io function of the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions prior to 0.6.90, allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary code via a partial message request with a large value in the END parameter, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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"infamous41md" discovered several vulnerabilities in the GNU mailutils package which contains utilities for handling mail These problems can lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities CAN-2005-1520 Buffer overflow mail header handli ...