CVE-2005-0667 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Sylpheed email client versions prior to 1.0.3 and 1.9.5, also affecting distributions like altlinux, gentoo, and redhat. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted email with non-ASCII characters in certain headers, triggered when the user replies. With a CVSS score of 5.1, it's a medium severity vulnerability requiring high attack complexity, but could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.8.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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