CVE-2005-2665

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Elm Development Group Elm: 2.5_pl5, 2.5_pl6, 2.5_pl7

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

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