CVE-2005-0892 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in smail 3.2.0.120. This flaw allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long string in the MAIL FROM command, and potentially other SMTP commands. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.0.120CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:smail:smail:3.2.0.120:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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