CVE-2005-2549
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Evolution 1.5 through 2.3.6.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) full vCard data, (2)
02 Description
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Evolution 1.5 through 2.3.6.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) full vCard data, (2)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 4.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.0% 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
- Important. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-08-12 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- 405cc6c807068135edf6c22e4212c5c77cfba33ddbed063000e5ffe8b41595c5
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2005:054http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_54_evolution.html
- www.securityfocus.com14532http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14532
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:267http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-267.html
- secunia.com19380http://secunia.com/advisories/19380
- www.debian.orgDSA-1016http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1016
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2005-743http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00031.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:141http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:141
- secunia.com16394http://secunia.com/advisories/16394
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9553https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9553
- www.sitic.sehttp://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html
- www.securityfocus.com20050810 Evolution multiple remote format string bugshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407789
- marc.info20050810 Evolution multiple remote format string bugshttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112368237712032&w=2
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-166-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/166-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- evolution Fixed in 2.2.3-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- evolution Fixed in 2.2.3-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- evolution Fixed in 2.2.3-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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