CVE-2005-4445 (GCVE-0-2005-4445)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-12-21 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:46
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-61/advisory/ x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419908/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015385 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/17992 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15973 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.osvdb.org/21843 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.pmail.com/newsflash.htm#secunia x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2005-12-20 00:00
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