CVE-2005-1522

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The imap4d server for GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows authenticated remote users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large range value in the FETCH command.

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=247&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13765
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=247&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13765

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