CVE-2005-0100
Ubuntu Security Notice 76-1
Severity Score
9.8
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
Format string vulnerability in the movemail utility in (1) Emacs 20.x, 21.3, and possibly other versions, and (2) XEmacs 21.4 and earlier, allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.
Max Vozeler discovered a format string vulnerability in the movemail utility of Emacs. By sending specially crafted packets, a malicious POP3 server could cause a buffer overflow, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user and the mail group.
*Credits:
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Timeline
- 2005-01-18 CVE Reserved
- 2005-02-07 CVE Published
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
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References (14)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780416112719&w=2 | Mailing List | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12462 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19246 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9408 | Signature |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-670 | 2018-10-19 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-671 | 2018-10-19 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-685 | 2018-10-19 | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-110.html | 2018-10-19 | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-112.html | 2018-10-19 | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-133.html | 2018-10-19 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:038 | 2018-10-19 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433928/30/5010/threaded | 2018-10-19 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0100 | 2005-02-10 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617459 | 2005-02-10 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Emacs Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Emacs" | <= 20.0 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Emacs" and version " <= 20.0" | - |
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| Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Emacs Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Emacs" | 21.3 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Emacs" and version "21.3" | - |
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| Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Xemacs Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Xemacs" | <= 21.4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Xemacs" and version " <= 21.4" | - |
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