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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-2661 in the critical feed json

Format string vulnerability in the ParseBannerAndCapability function in main.c for up-imapproxy 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 allows remote IMAP servers…

published 2005-10-14 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2662

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.1%
EPSS 12.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the ParseBannerAndCapability function in main.c for up-imapproxy 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 allows remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a banner or capability line.

Patch / fix

  • up-imapproxy Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.4-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2661

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-26340)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-26340 Up-IMAPProxy 1.2.3/1.2.4 - Multiple Unspecified Remote Format String Vulnerabilities dos, 2005-10-10

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

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.