CVE-2005-0636

Exp

Format string vulnerability in Foxmail Server 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in the USER command.

Published: 2005-03-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0636 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.06%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-0636

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
797 exploit_db edb 2005-02-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0636

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 5.91% 6.06% +0.15%
2 2025-03-30 10.88% 5.91% -4.97%
3 2025-03-29 10.88%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0636

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0636

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0636

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
foxmail foxmail_email_server 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:foxmail:foxmail_email_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0636

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