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CVE-2005-1521

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the fetch_io function of the 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 a partial message request with a large value in the END parameter, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

• GNU Mailutils: 0.5, 0.6

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/15442
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014052
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=248&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13763
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15442
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014052
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=248&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13763

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