CVE-2005-0021

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 85.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2005-01-06 05:00Z21 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 20:57Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2005-01-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1bc7651bfb2fa44172feca626e60d5594dca9ee38e2a23b8ddb8942ce506acaf

• www.idefense.com20050107 Exim host_aton() Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=179&type=vulnerabilitiesthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#132992http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/132992third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.debian.orgDSA-635http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-635vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• ftp6.us.freebsd.orghttp://ftp6.us.freebsd.org/pub/mail/exim/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-4.44x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-637http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-637vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.idefense.com20050114 Exim dns_buld_reverse() Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=183&type=vulnerabilitiesthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:025http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-025.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200501-23http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-23.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.exim.org[exim] 20050104 2 smallish security issueshttp://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20050103/msg00028.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10347https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10347vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL