Back to Database
Status published
High
CVE-2005-2550
Format string vulnerability in Evolution 1.4 through 2.3.6.1 allows remote...
Vulnerability Description
Format 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
THREAT MONITOR
Am I Vulnerable?
Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2005-2550
Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_54_evolution.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14532
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-267.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19380
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1016
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00031.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:141
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16394
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10880
- http://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407789
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112368237712032&w=2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/166-1/
More from gnome
View All →CVE-2022-48622
In GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka gdk-pixbuf) through 2.42.10, the ANI (Windows...
Unknown
0
CVE-2022-37290
GNOME Nautilus 42.2 allows a NULL pointer dereference and get_basename...
Unknown
0
CVE-2022-29536
In GNOME Epiphany before 41.4 and 42.x before 42.2, an...
High
7.5
CVE-2022-27811
GNOME OCRFeeder before 0.8.4 allows OS command injection via shell...
Critical
9.8
CVE-2021-46829
GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer...
High
7.8
Affected Vendor
gnome
View all reports →Affected Software
evolution
Vulnerable Versions:
1.4, 1.5, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.6.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 12th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.