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CVE-2005-3314

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3314 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon of Novell Netmail 3.5.2, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through excessively long verb arguments. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and without authentication, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry confirm the existence of public exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:e-ftfl:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
65.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Novell NetMail IMAP STATUS Buffer Overflow · Nov 18, 2005
ExploitDB: EDB-16483 · May 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6566 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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/17641
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/23114
support.novell.com / cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi
Patch
support.novell.com / cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi
Patch
support.novell.com / cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi
Patch
osvdb.org / 20956
securityfocus.com / bid/15491
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2494
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-05-003.html
PatchVendor Advisory