CVE-2005-1100

Exp

Format string vulnerability in the ErrorLog function in cnf.c in Greylisting daemon (GLD) 1.3 and 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in data that is passed directly to syslog.

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-2005-1100 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.99%, 95th percentile). 1 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-2005-1100

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
934 exploit_db edb 2005-04-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1100

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 19.03% 10.99% -8.04%
2 2025-03-30 23.61% 19.03% -4.58%
3 2025-03-29 — 23.61% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1100

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1100

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1100

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-1100 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-2005-1100
gentoo high CVE-2005-1100: 1 GLSA(s) (200504-10), 1 atom(s) (mail-filter/gld); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-1100
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1100 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-2005-1100

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1100

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
salim_gasmi gld 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:salim_gasmi:gld:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
salim_gasmi gld 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:salim_gasmi:gld:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1100

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