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CVE-2005-2550

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2550 describes a format string vulnerability in Evolution versions 1.4 through 2.3.6.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious calendar entries that are improperly processed when a user selects the Calendars tab. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0443 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: evolution-0:1.4.5-16
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: evolution-0:2.0.2-16.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2550Moderate

security flaw

Aug 10, 2005

References

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/16394
secunia.com / advisories/19380
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10880
usn.ubuntu.com / 166-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1016
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_54_evolution.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00031.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-267.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/407789
securityfocus.com / bid/14532
sitic.se / eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html