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    CVE-2005-2665

    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.

    Published:Aug 20, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Aug 23, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.27779
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Elm Development Group
    Product
    Elm
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1171

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2003-0966 (CVSS 7.5) — Buffer overflow in the frm command in elm 2.5.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attack…
    CVE-2003-1323 (CVSS 6.8) — Elm ME+ 2.4 before PL109S, when installed setgid mail and the operating system lacks POSIX saved ID support, a…
    CVE-2001-1174 (CVSS 7.5) — Buffer overflow in Elm 2.5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Message-…
    CVE-1999-1334 (CVSS 7.5) — Multiple buffer overflows in filter command in Elm 2.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) …
    CVE-1999-0114 (CVSS 4.6) — Local users can execute commands as other users, and read other users' files, through the filter command in th…
    CVE-1999-1184 (CVSS 4.6) — Buffer overflow in Elm 2.4 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long TERM environmental var…

    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
    http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.419306
    http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056
    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
    http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.419306
    http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056

    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