CVE-2005-0667

Buffer overflow in Sylpheed before 1.0.3 and other versions before 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with certain headers containing non-ASCII characters that are not properly handled when the user replies to the message.

Published: 2005-03-07 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0667 is rated Moderate Risk (50.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.25%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0667

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 3.34% 3.25% -0.09%
2 2025-12-23 3.41% 3.34% -0.07%
3 2025-12-10 — 3.41% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0667

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0667

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0667

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0667 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sylpheed), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0667
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0667

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0667

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sylpheed sylpheed 0.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 0.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 0.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 0.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 0.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 0.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 0.9.10 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 0.9.11 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 0.9.12 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 0.9.99 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed sylpheed 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sylpheed-claws sylpheed-claws 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed-claws:sylpheed-claws:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
altlinux alt_linux 2.3 cpe:2.3:o:altlinux:alt_linux:2.3:*:compact:*:*:*:*:*
altlinux alt_linux 2.3 cpe:2.3:o:altlinux:alt_linux:2.3:*:junior:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux — cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat fedora_core core_3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:core_3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux_advanced_workstation 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux_advanced_workstation 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium_processor:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0667

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