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high 7.5

CVE-2005-2943 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in sendmail in XMail before 1.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long -t command line o…

published 2005-10-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2943

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.3%
EPSS 15.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in sendmail in XMail before 1.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long -t command line option.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-1267)

Exploit prediction

15.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1267 XMail 1.21 - '-t' Command Line Option Local Buffer Overflow / Local Privilege Escalation local, 2005-10-20

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.