CVE-2005-2550
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 7.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.43%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 91
- Score date: 10/1/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112368237712032&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16394
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19380
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1016
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:141
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_54_evolution.html
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00031.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-267.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407789
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14532
- http://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10880
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/166-1/
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112368237712032&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16394
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19380
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1016
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:141
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_54_evolution.html
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00031.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-267.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407789
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14532
- http://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10880
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/166-1/
Raw JSON (NVD)
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