CVE-2005-2665 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 15.3% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in expires.c in Elm 2.5 PL5 through PL7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with a long Expires header.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 15.26% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-08-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| elm development group | elm |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Elm < 2.5.8 - Expires Header Remote Buffer Overflow | 2005-08-22 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0688.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112472951529964&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16508
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16554
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17475
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014745
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-755.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9670
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14613
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117
- http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.419306
- http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0688.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112472951529964&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16508
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16554
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17475
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014745
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