CVE-2005-0926

Buffer overflow in Sylpheed before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via attachments with MIME-encoded file names.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0926 is rated Moderate Risk (47.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.83%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0926

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 1.71% 1.83% +0.12%
2 2025-03-30 1.80% 1.71% -0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.80% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0926

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-2005-0926

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0926

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0926 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-2005-0926
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0926 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sylpheed), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0926

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0926

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 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 sylpheed 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0926

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