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high 7.5

CVE-2005-0100 json

Format string vulnerability in the movemail utility in (1) Emacs 20.x, 21.3, and possibly other versions, and (2) XEmacs 21.4 and earlier,…

published 2005-02-07 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0101

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the movemail utility in (1) Emacs 20.x, 21.3, and possibly other versions, and (2) XEmacs 21.4 and earlier, allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

Patch / fix

  • xemacs21 Debian 12 21.4.16-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0100

  • xemacs RHEL 3 21.4.13-8.ent.1
  • xemacs-el RHEL 3 21.4.13-8.ent.1
  • xemacs-info RHEL 3 21.4.13-8.ent.1
  • xemacs RHEL 4 21.4.15-10.EL.1
  • xemacs-el RHEL 4 21.4.15-10.EL.1
  • xemacs-nox RHEL 4 21.4.15-10.EL.1
  • xemacs-info RHEL 4 21.4.15-10.EL.1
  • xemacs-common RHEL 4 21.4.15-10.EL.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:134RHSA-2005:133RHSA-2005:112RHSA-2005:110

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-0100 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 emacs 21.3-4.1, emacs-el 21.3-4.1, emacs-leim 21.3-4.1, xemacs 21.4.13-8.ent.1, xemacs-el 21.4.13-8.ent.1, xemacs-info 21.4.13-8.ent.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 emacs 21.3-4.1, emacs-el 21.3-4.1, emacs-leim 21.3-4.1, xemacs 21.4.13-8.ent.1, xemacs-el 21.4.13-8.ent.1, xemacs-info 21.4.13-8.ent.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:112
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 emacs 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-el 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-nox 21.3-19.EL.1, xemacs 21.4.15-10.EL.1, emacs-leim 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-common 21.3-19.EL.1, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 emacs 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-el 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-nox 21.3-19.EL.1, xemacs 21.4.15-10.EL.1, emacs-leim 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-common 21.3-19.EL.1, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:110
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 emacs 21.3-4.1, emacs-el 21.3-4.1, emacs-leim 21.3-4.1, xemacs 21.4.13-8.ent.1, xemacs-el 21.4.13-8.ent.1, xemacs-info 21.4.13-8.ent.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:112
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 emacs 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-el 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-nox 21.3-19.EL.1, xemacs 21.4.15-10.EL.1, emacs-leim 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-common 21.3-19.EL.1, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:110
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 emacs 21.3-4.1, emacs-el 21.3-4.1, emacs-leim 21.3-4.1, xemacs 21.4.13-8.ent.1, xemacs-el 21.4.13-8.ent.1, xemacs-info 21.4.13-8.ent.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:112
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 emacs 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-el 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-nox 21.3-19.EL.1, xemacs 21.4.15-10.EL.1, emacs-leim 21.3-19.EL.1, emacs-common 21.3-19.EL.1, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:110

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Exploit prediction

4.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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