CVE-2005-1520

EPSS 14.6%

mailutils - several

Published: 5/26/2005Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the header_get_field_name function in header.c for GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/mailutilsfrom 0, < 1:0.6.1-3
Debian/mailutilsfrom 0, < 20020409-1woody2

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1520