CVE-2005-2550

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in Evolution 1.4 through 2.3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the calendar entries such as task lists, which are not properly handled when the user selects the Calendars tab.

Affected products

GNOME Evolution: 1.4, 1.5, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.1 (+5)

References

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112368237712032&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16394
http://secunia.com/advisories/19380
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1016
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:141
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_54_evolution.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00031.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-267.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407789
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14532
http://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10880

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