CVE-2005-1520
23Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 6.7%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDMay 26
1st PoCAug 10
exploitation probability
6.7%top 7% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
Buffer overflow in the header_get_field_name function in header.c for GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other versions before 0.6.90, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof
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