CVE-2005-1514

N/A Unknown
Published: May 11, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
View on NVD

Description

commands.c in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SMTP command without a space character, which causes an array to be referenced with a negative index.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0101.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157805/Qualys-Security-Advisory-Qmail-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/42
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/2
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-01
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0101.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157805/Qualys-Security-Advisory-Qmail-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/42
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.0%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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