Sylpheed is a lightweight, open-source email client whose vulnerability footprint concentrates in its core mail-handling and message-processing functionality. The recurring exposure centers on input-validation and memory-buffer boundary issues characteristic of native C codebases that parse untrusted email structures and attachments. Current severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Sylpheed over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (10 CVEs).
10 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2017-17517HIGH libsylph/utils.c in Sylpheed through 3.6 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to | Dec 14, 2017 | 8.8 | 27 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-37746MEDIUM textview_uri_security_check in textview.c in Claws Mail before 3.18.0, and Sylpheed through 3.7.0, does not have sufficient link checks before accepting a click. | Jul 30, 2021 | 6.1 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2007-2958MEDIUM Format string vulnerability in the inc_put_error function in src/inc.c in Sylpheed 2.4.4, and Sylpheed-Claws (Claws Mail) 1.9.100 and 2.10.0, allows remote POP3 servers to execute | Aug 27, 2007 | 6.8 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2003-0852MEDIUM Format string vulnerability in send_message.c for Sylpheed-claws 0.9.4 through 0.9.6 allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) in sylpheed via format strings | Nov 17, 2003 | 5.0 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2003-0300MEDIUM The IMAP Client for Sylpheed 0.8.11 allows remote malicious IMAP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain large literal size values that cause either integer signed | Jun 16, 2003 | 5.0 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2007-1267MEDIUM Sylpheed 2.2.7 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents Sylpheed from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned port | Mar 6, 2007 | 5.0 | 17 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-3354MEDIUM Stack-based buffer overflow in the ldif_get_line function in ldif.c of Sylpheed before 2.1.6 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by having local users import L | Nov 20, 2005 | 5.1 | 16 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-0667MEDIUM Buffer overflow in Sylpheed before 1.0.3 and other versions before 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with certain headers containing non | Mar 7, 2005 | 5.1 | 16 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-0926MEDIUM Buffer overflow in Sylpheed before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via attachments with MIME-encoded file nam | May 2, 2005 | 5.1 | 15 | NO | NO |
Sylpheed-Claws before 2.2.2 and Sylpheed before 2.2.6 allow remote attackers to bypass the URI check functionality and makes it easier to conduct phishing attacks via a URI that be | Jun 9, 2006 | 2.6 | 12 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (10 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Sylpheed.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Sylpheed — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.