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01 Record

CVE-2005-4445

Off-by-one error in Pegasus Mail 4.21a through 4.21c and 4.30PB1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long email message header, which triggers a one-byte buffer overflow.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Off-by-one error in Pegasus Mail 4.21a through 4.21c and 4.30PB1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long email message header, which triggers a one-byte buffer overflow.

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
3.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 87.5% 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
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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
2005-12-21 02:00Z20 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-07 23:46Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2005-12-21
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
1d8a41924f39285bd153fe719af326e03e8b4db7fdc883f700f4531c4289ecf6

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
david_harrispegasus_mailNot specified—

06 References