CVE-2005-1099

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in the HandleChild function in server.c in Greylisting daemon (GLD) 1.3 and 1.4, when GLD is listening on a network interface, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2005-04-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1099 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 79.03%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2005-1099

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16841 exploit_db edb 2010-07-03 Exploit-DB ↗
25392 exploit_db edb 2005-04-12 Exploit-DB ↗
10023 exploit_db edb 2005-04-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1099

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 2025-03-30 81.95% 79.03% -2.92%
2 2025-03-29 79.03% 81.95% +2.92%
3 2025-03-23 — 79.03% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1099

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-2005-1099

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1099

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-1099 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (postfix-gld), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1099
gentoo high CVE-2005-1099: 1 GLSA(s) (200504-10), 1 atom(s) (mail-filter/gld); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-1099
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1099 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (postfix-gld), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1099

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1099

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
salim_gasmi gld 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:salim_gasmi:gld:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
salim_gasmi gld 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:salim_gasmi:gld:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
salim_gasmi gld 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:salim_gasmi:gld:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
salim_gasmi gld 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:salim_gasmi:gld:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
salim_gasmi gld 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:salim_gasmi:gld:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
salim_gasmi gld 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:salim_gasmi:gld:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1099

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