CVE-2005-2661
Format string vulnerability in the ParseBannerAndCapability function in main.c for up-imapproxy 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 allows remote IMAP servers…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 12.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Format string vulnerability in the ParseBannerAndCapability function in main.c for up-imapproxy 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 allows remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a banner or capability line.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Up-IMAPProxy 1.2.3/1.2.4 - Multiple Unspecified Remote Format String Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26340dos, linuxpublished 10 Oct 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 53 days later
· 53 days later
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)
- 12.1% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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
9
- 17120 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200603-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 15048 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2014 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 547 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- DSA-852 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 17100 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2015 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 19113 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2005-2662 (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-2005-2661)Record last updated .