CVE-2005-0667

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in Sylpheed before 1.0.3 and other versions before 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with certain headers containing non-ASCII characters that are not properly handled when the user replies to the message.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-0668

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-303.html

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-26.xml

http://sylpheed.good-day.net/changelog.html.en

http://sylpheed.good-day.net/changelog-devel.html.en

http://securitytracker.com/id?1013376

http://secunia.com/advisories/14491

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-03-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03246