CVE-2005-4445 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-12-21

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 4.8% Low

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:pegasus_mail:4.21a:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:pegasus_mail:4.21b:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:pegasus_mail:4.21c:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:pegasus_mail:4.30pb1:::::::*

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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-2005-4440	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.

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 0.04821.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/17992
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-61/advisory/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015385
http://www.osvdb.org/21843
http://www.pmail.com/newsflash.htm#secunia
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419908/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15973

History

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Subscriptions

David Harris Pegasus Mail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-21T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:46:05.088Z

Reserved: 2005-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4445

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-21T02:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-4445

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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