CVE-2005-0100 describes a format string vulnerability in the movemail utility affecting Emacs (versions 20.x, 21.3, and potentially others) and XEmacs (version 21.4 and earlier). This vulnerability allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code by sending crafted packets. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is a high-severity issue, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 20.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 21.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:xemacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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