CVE-2005-0806

Evolution 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via crafted messages, possibly involving charsets in attachment filenames.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0806 is rated Moderate Risk (46.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.66%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0806

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 0.91% 1.66% +0.75%
2 2025-03-17 1.44% 0.91% -0.53%
3 2024-02-25 — 1.44% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0806

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0806

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0806

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0806 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (evolution), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0806
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0806
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0806 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (evolution), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0806

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0806

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ximian evolution 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ximian:evolution:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0806

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