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CVE-2004-2005
Buffer overflow in Eudora for Windows 5.2.1, 6.0.3, and 6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail with (1) a…
Medium5.1EPSS 3.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in Eudora for Windows 5.2.1, 6.0.3, and 6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail with (1) a link to a long URL to the C drive or (2) a long attachment name.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (8 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 (6)
- http://www.eudora.com/download/eudora/windows/6.1.1/RelNotes.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 10298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040507 Eudora file URL buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 11568 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- eudora-long-url-bo(16086) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040507 Eudora file URL buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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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