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CVE-2005-0100
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,…
High7.5EPSS 4.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9408 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-671 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:152898 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-670 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20050207 [USN-76-1] Emacs vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:110 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-685 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- xemacs-movemail-format-string(19246) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:133 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 12462 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_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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