CVE-2004-2005 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Eudora for Windows 5.2.1, 6.0.3, and 6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail with (1) a link to a long URL to the C drive or (2) a long attachment name.

Published: 2005-05-10

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 20.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:5.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1997	Buffer overflow in Eudora for Windows 5.2.1, 6.0.3, and 6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail with (1) a link to a long URL to the C drive or (2) a long attachment name.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20823.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021059.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108395487628044&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11568
http://www.eudora.com/download/eudora/windows/6.1.1/RelNotes.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10298
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16086

History

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Subscriptions

Qualcomm Eudora

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-10T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:15:01.049Z

Reserved: 2005-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2005

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-05-06T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2005

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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