CVE-2005-1514

Exp

commands.c in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SMTP command without a space character, which causes an array to be referenced with a negative index.

Published: 2005-05-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1514 is rated High Exploit Risk (66/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.67%). 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-2005-1514

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1514

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 2026-06-08 4.98% 4.67% -0.31%
2 2025-03-30 5.07% 4.98% -0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.07% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1514

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-2005-1514

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1514

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2005-1514: 1 GLSA(s) (202007-01), 1 atom(s) (mail-mta/netqmail); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-1514
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1514 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (netqmail, qmail), 12 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, released 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1514

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1514

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dan_bernstein qmail — cpe:2.3:a:dan_bernstein:qmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1514

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