CVE-2005-2287

Exp

SoftiaCom wMailServer 1.0 and 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large TCP packet with a leading space, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Published: 2005-07-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2287 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 79.84%, 99th percentile). 3 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-2005-2287

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16819 exploit_db edb 2010-05-09 Exploit-DB ↗
1463 exploit_db edb 2006-02-01 Exploit-DB ↗
1101 exploit_db edb 2005-07-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2287

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 2025-03-30 82.62% 79.84% -2.78%
2 2025-03-29 79.84% 82.62% +2.78%
3 2025-03-23 — 79.84% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2287

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-2005-2287

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2287

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
softiacom wmailserver 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:softiacom:wmailserver:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
softiacom wmailserver 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:softiacom:wmailserver:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2287

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