CVE-2005-1522

The imap4d server for GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows authenticated remote users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large range value in the FETCH command.

Published: 2005-05-26 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1522 is rated Moderate Risk (45.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.91%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1522

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 2025-03-17 0.96% 0.91% -0.05%
2 2024-12-17 1.14% 0.96% -0.18%
3 2024-05-02 — 1.14% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1522

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-2005-1522

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1522

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-1522 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mailutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1522
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1522 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mailutils), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1522

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1522

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu mailutils 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailutils:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailutils 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailutils:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1522

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