TI-2005-01445 Aliases CVE-2005-1523 GHSA-xwqj-7mqr-967j

Format string vulnerability in imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other…

MEDIUM 45Published 2005-05-26 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Format string vulnerability in imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the command tag for IMAP commands.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.09782 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailutils:0.5:::::::*	0.5	Vulnerable	GNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailutils:0.6:::::::*	0.6	Vulnerable	GNU

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailutils:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5 Vulnerable ·GNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailutils:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-1523
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xwqj-7mqr-967j

References

Patch 1

20050525 GNU Mailutils 0.6 imap4d Format String Vulnerability

Advisory 1

DSA-732

TI-2005-02726 Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2005-01442 Buffer overflow in the header_get_field_name function in header.c for GNU Mailutils 0.5… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2005-01443 Integer overflow in the fetch_io function of the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2019-13595 maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2005-01731 The sql_escape_string function in auth/sql.c for the mailutils SQL authentication module… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2004-00891 Unknown vulnerability in the dotlock implementation in mailutils before 1:0.5-4 on Debian… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2

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Sources

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