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CVE-2005-0636

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0636 describes a critical format string vulnerability in Foxmail Server 2.0. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service (server crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by injecting specially crafted format strings into the USER command. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation is confirmed and there's minimal community discussion or media coverage, a Denial of Service exploit for a related command exists on ExploitDB, indicating the potential for malicious use.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foxmail:foxmail_email_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-797 · Feb 7, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0606 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/14145
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/391960
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/12711
Vendor Advisory