CVE-2005-4445

critical

Description

Off-by-one error in Pegasus Mail 4.21a through 4.21c and 4.30PB1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long email message header, which triggers a one-byte buffer overflow.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15973

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419908/100/0/threaded

http://www.pmail.com/newsflash.htm#secunia

http://www.osvdb.org/21843

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015385

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-61/advisory/

http://secunia.com/advisories/17992

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-21

Updated: 2025-04-03

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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04821