Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-2549

Title: Evolution Multiple Format String Vulnerabilities

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-2549.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Aug 12, 2005
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.43%

Vulnerability Summary

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) contact data from remote LDAP servers, or (3) task list data from remote servers.

Impacted Vendors

X
ximian 1
G
gnome 1
E
evolution 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112368237712032&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/16394 http://secunia.com/advisories/19380 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1016 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:141 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_54_evolution.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00031.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-267.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407789 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14532 http://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9553 https://usn.ubuntu.com/166-1/ http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112368237712032&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/16394 http://secunia.com/advisories/19380 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1016 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:141 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_54_evolution.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00031.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-267.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407789 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14532 http://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9553 https://usn.ubuntu.com/166-1/
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-2549 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.