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CVE-2005-2550
Format string vulnerability in Evolution 1.4 through 2.3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Format string vulnerability in Evolution 1.4 through 2.3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the calendar entries such as task lists, which are not properly handled when the user selects the Calendars tab.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
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)
- 4.4% · top 8.6% 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
13
- SUSE-SA:2005:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 14532 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:267 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 19380 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2005-743 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:141 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 16394 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050810 Evolution multiple remote format string bugs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20050810 Evolution multiple remote format string bugs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- USN-166-1 (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-2005-2551 (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-2005-2550)Record last updated .