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    CVE-2005-0100

    Format string vulnerability in the movemail utility in (1) Emacs 20.x, 21.3, and possibly other versions, and (2) XEmacs 21.4 and earlier, allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

    Published:Feb 6, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Feb 8, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.02845
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Emacs
    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Xemacs
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780416112719&w=2
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-670
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-671
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-685
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:038
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-110.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-112.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-133.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433928/30/5010/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12462
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19246
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9408
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780416112719&w=2
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-670
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-671
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-685
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:038
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-110.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-112.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-133.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433928/30/5010/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12462
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19246
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9408

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High