security flaw
Published Aug 23, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 15.26%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in expires.c in Elm 2.5 PL5 through PL7, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with a long Expires header.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.5_pl5
- 2.5_pl6
- 2.5_pl7
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2005:755
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2005:755
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2005:755 |
| Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2005:755 |
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:P/I:P/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 4, 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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 15.26% (0.15256) | 96.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 15.26% (0.15256) | 96.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 27.78% (0.27779) | 96.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 31.95% (0.31954) | 95.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 27.78% (0.27779) | 96.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 59.01% (0.59008) | 97.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 61.90% (0.61901) | 97.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 71.47% (0.71473) | 97.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 42.88% (0.42881) | 98.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 42.88% (0.42881) | 97.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0688.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112472951529964&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16508 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16554 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17475 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014745 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-755.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9670 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14613 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.419306 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2665 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617738 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2665
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2665
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.