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CVE-2005-0546
Multiple buffer overflows in Cyrus IMAPd before 2.2.11 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an off-by-one error in the…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Cyrus IMAPd before 2.2.11 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an off-by-one error in the imapd annotate extension, (2) an off-by-one error in "cached header handling," (3) a stack-based buffer overflow in fetchnews, or (4) a stack-based buffer overflow in imapd.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (9 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10674 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 14383 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050228 [USN-87-1] Cyrus IMAP server vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 1013278 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- CLA-2005:937 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- GLSA-200502-29 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FLSA:156290 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 12636 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [info-cyrus] 20050214 Cyrus IMAPd 2.2.11 Released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82404 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0547 (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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