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CVE-2005-1514
commands.c in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 6.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
commands.c in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SMTP command without a space character, which causes an array to be referenced with a negative index.
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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.6% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 20050506 64 bit qmail fun (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1013911 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200519 Remote Code Execution in qmail (CVE-2005-1513) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200520 Re: Remote Code Execution in qmail (CVE-2005-1513) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20200522 Remote Code Execution in qmail (CVE-2005-1513) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157805/Qualys-Security-Advisory-Qmail-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-4692 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200604 [SECURITY] [DLA 2234-1] netqmail security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-202007-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-4556-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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-2005-1517 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-1514)Record last updated .