CVE-2005-2665

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in expires.c in Elm 2.5 PL5 through PL7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with a long Expires header.

Published: 2005-08-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2665 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.26%, 96th percentile). 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-2005-2665

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1171 exploit_db edb 2005-08-22 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2665

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 27.78% 15.26% -12.52%
2 2025-03-30 31.95% 27.78% -4.18%
3 2025-03-29 — 31.95% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2665

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2665

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2665

vendor priority summary link
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2665

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2665

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elm_development_group elm 2.5_pl5 cpe:2.3:a:elm_development_group:elm:2.5_pl5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elm_development_group elm 2.5_pl6 cpe:2.3:a:elm_development_group:elm:2.5_pl6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elm_development_group elm 2.5_pl7 cpe:2.3:a:elm_development_group:elm:2.5_pl7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2665

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