CVE-2005-2223

Unknown vulnerability in the SMTP service in MailEnable Standard before 1.9 and Professional before 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) during authentication.

Published: 2005-07-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2223 is rated Moderate Risk (48/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.83%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2223

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 2026-06-06 2.97% 1.83% -1.14%
2 2025-10-17 10.57% 2.97% -7.60%
3 2025-05-24 — 10.57% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2223

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-2005-2223

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2223

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.2a cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.17 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.18 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.19 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.51 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.52 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.53 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.54 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_standard 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_standard:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_standard 1.71 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_standard:1.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_standard 1.72 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_standard:1.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_standard 1.701 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_standard:1.701:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_standard 1.702 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_standard:1.702:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_standard 1.703 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_standard:1.703:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_standard 1.704 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_standard:1.704:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2223

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