CVE-2005-2472
Multiple buffer overflows in BusinessMail 4.60.00 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 4.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in BusinessMail 4.60.00 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string to SMTP (1) HELO or (2) MAIL FROM commands.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- BusinessMail Server 4.60.00 - Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1126dos, windowspublished 1 Aug 2005Verified
- BusinessMail Server 4.60.00 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1164dos, windowspublished 30 Jul 2005Verified
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Timeline
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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)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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
8
- 1014602 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18407 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20050801 Buffer overflow in BusinessMail email server system 4.60.00 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://reedarvin.thearvins.com/20050730-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 16306 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050801 Buffer overflow in BusinessMail email server system 4.60.00 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- businessmail-smtp-dos(21636) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 14434 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2005-2473 (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-2005-2472)Record last updated .