Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 13, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2878
CVE-2005-2878
Description
Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.
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References
8- www.idefense.com/application/poi/displaynvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/16783nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17020nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-841nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-10.xmlnvd
- www.rosiello.org/archivio/imap4d_FreeBSD_exploit.cnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14794nvd
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