CVE-2005-0373

Buffer overflow in digestmd5.c CVS release 1.170 (also referred to as digestmda5.c), as used in the DIGEST-MD5 SASL plugin for Cyrus-SASL but not in any official releases, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2004-10-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0373 is rated Moderate Risk (60.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.92%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0373

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 4.76% 3.92% -0.83%
2 2025-03-30 3.52% 4.76% +1.24%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.52% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0373

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0373

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0373

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0373 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cyrus-sasl2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0373
gentoo high CVE-2005-0373: 1 GLSA(s) (200410-05), 1 atom(s) (dev-libs/cyrus-sasl); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-0373
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0373
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0373 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cyrus-sasl2), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0373

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2005-0373

  • Red Hat (2006-08-30T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Cyrus SASL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0373

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cyrus sasl 1.5.24 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 1.5.27 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 1.5.28 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.16 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.18_r1 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.18_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openpkg openpkg 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openpkg openpkg 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_cvsup 16.1h_36.i586 cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_cvsup:16.1h_36.i586:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.0.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.3.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.3.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.3.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.3.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.3.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.3.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.3.8 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.3.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.3.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.3.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.3.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.3.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.3.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.3.8 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat fedora_core core_1.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:core_1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:desktop:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0373

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