CVE-2005-4300 — Format string vulnerability in the lire_pop function in pop.c in libremail 1.1.0 and earlier, with compiled with the debug option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail or POP server response

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HIGH

Format string vulnerability in the lire_pop function in pop.c in libremail 1.1.0 and earlier, with compiled with the debug option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail or POP server response

Published Dec 16, 2005

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.26%

Description

Format string vulnerability in the lire_pop function in pop.c in libremail 1.1.0 and earlier, with compiled with the debug option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail or POP server response.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.26% 0.02259

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02259

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 1, 2026	2.26% (0.02259)	82.35th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.26% (0.02259)	80.63th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 29, 2025	2.73% (0.02730)	76.55th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.65% (0.01646)	80.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.18% (0.01175)	85.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 7, 2024	1.38% (0.01384)	86.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.38% (0.01384)	84.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.68% (0.04679)	89.14th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.68% (0.04679)	88.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.68% (0.04679)	74.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419639/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15906
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419639/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15906		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 16, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 16, 2005

Link CVE-2005-4300

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-4300

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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