CVE-2005-2550

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2550
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-08-12 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in Evolution 1.4 through 2.3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the calendar entries such as task lists, which are not properly handled when the user selects the Calendars tab.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Evolution 1.4 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 1.5 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.1 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.2 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.3.1 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.3.2 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.3.3 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.3.4 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.3.5 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution 2.3.6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sitic.se
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
'[Full-disclosure] Evolution multiple remote format string bugs' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Update: evolution-2.2.3-2.fc4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1016-1 evolution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
GNOME Evolution Multiple Format String Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for evolution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - GNOME Evolution Multiple Format String Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-166-1: Evolution vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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