CVE-2005-0667 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by sending emails with malicious headers, requiring the user to reply to the message.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-0667?
CVE-2005-0667 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, published on 7 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Buffer overflow in Sylpheed before 1.0.3 and other versions before 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with certain headers containing non-ASCII characters that are not properly handled when the user replies to the message.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0667?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Altlinux Alt Linux, Gentoo Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Fedora Core, Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation, Sylpheed-Claws Sylpheed-Claws and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0667?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2005-0667 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0667 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gentoo Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0667, GHSA-27rr-v6v6-57q8.