CVE-2005-2083

Exp

Format string vulnerability in IMAP4 in IA eMailServer Corporate Edition 5.2.2 build 1051 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a LIST command with format string specifiers as the second argument.

Published: 2005-07-05 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2083 is rated High Exploit Risk (62/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.14%). 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-2005-2083

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1163 exploit_db edb 2005-06-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2083

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 6.28% 3.14% -3.14%
2 2026-05-16 4.19% 6.28% +2.10%
3 2025-03-19 — 4.19% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2083

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-2005-2083

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2083

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
truenorth_software ia_emailserver corporate_5.2.2_build_1051 cpe:2.3:a:truenorth_software:ia_emailserver:corporate_5.2.2_build_1051:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
truenorth_software ia_emailserver corporate_5.2.3_build_1056 cpe:2.3:a:truenorth_software:ia_emailserver:corporate_5.2.3_build_1056:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
truenorth_software ia_emailserver corporate_5.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:truenorth_software:ia_emailserver:corporate_5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
truenorth_software ia_emailserver corporate_5.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:truenorth_software:ia_emailserver:corporate_5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
truenorth_software ia_emailserver corporate_5.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:truenorth_software:ia_emailserver:corporate_5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
truenorth_software ia_emailserver corporate_5.3.4_build_2018 cpe:2.3:a:truenorth_software:ia_emailserver:corporate_5.3.4_build_2018:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2083

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