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high 7.5

CVE-2005-2550 json

Format string vulnerability in Evolution 1.4 through 2.3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly exec…

published 2005-08-12 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2551

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Format string vulnerability in Evolution 1.4 through 2.3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the calendar entries such as task lists, which are not properly handled when the user selects the Calendars tab.

Patch / fix

  • evolution Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.3-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2550

  • evolution RHEL 3 1.4.5-16
  • evolution RHEL 4 2.0.2-16.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:267

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-2005-2550 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 evolution 1.4.5-16 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 evolution 1.4.5-16 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 evolution 2.0.2-16.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 evolution 2.0.2-16.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 evolution 1.4.5-16 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 evolution 2.0.2-16.3
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 evolution 1.4.5-16 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 evolution 2.0.2-16.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:267

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.43% 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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