CVE-2005-2943

critical

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in sendmail in XMail before 1.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long -t command line option.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22724

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-2943

http://www.xmailserver.org/ChangeLog.html#oct_12__2005_v_1_22

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15103

http://www.osvdb.org/20010

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=321&type=vulnerabilities

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-05.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-902

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015055

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/81

http://secunia.com/advisories/18052

http://secunia.com/advisories/17637

http://secunia.com/advisories/17194

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-10-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

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: 0.1534