commands.c in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SMTP command without a space character, which causes an array to be referenced with a negative index
Published May 11, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.57%
Description
commands.c in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SMTP command without a space character, which causes an array to be referenced with a negative index.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.57% (0.06572) | 93.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.57% (0.06572) | 92.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.98% (0.04981) | 88.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.01% (0.05006) | 93.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 5.01% (0.05006) | 92.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.40% (0.06403) | 92.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 81.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0101.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157805/Qualys-Security-Advisory-Qmail-Remote-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/42 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00002.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0101.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157805/Qualys-Security-Advisory-Qmail-Remote-Code-Execution.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/42 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00002.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
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