Buffer overflow in Sylpheed before 1.0.3 and other versions before 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail mes
Buffer overflow in Sylpheed before 1.0.3 and other versions before 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with certain headers containing non-ASCII characters that are not properly handled when the user replies to the message.
- Published
- Mar 7, 2005
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.2% · 88th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
21
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Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.2%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| sylpheed | sylpheed | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed |
| sylpheed-claws | sylpheed-claws | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed-claws:sylpheed-claws |
| altlinux | alt linux | cpe:2.3:o:altlinux:alt_linux |
| gentoo | linux | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux |
| redhat | fedora core | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core |
| redhat | linux advanced workstation | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- altlinux alt linux2.3
- gentoo linuxall versions
- redhat enterprise linux2.1
- redhat fedora corecore_3.0
- redhat linux advanced workstation2.1
- sylpheed sylpheed0.8.11
- sylpheed sylpheed0.9.10
- sylpheed sylpheed0.9.11
- sylpheed sylpheed0.9.12
- sylpheed sylpheed0.9.4
- sylpheed sylpheed0.9.5
- sylpheed sylpheed0.9.6
- sylpheed sylpheed0.9.7
- sylpheed sylpheed0.9.8
- sylpheed sylpheed0.9.9
- sylpheed sylpheed0.9.99
- sylpheed sylpheed1.0.0
- sylpheed sylpheed1.0.1
- sylpheed sylpheed1.0.2
- sylpheed-claws sylpheed-claws1.0.2
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | sylpheed | before 1.0.3-1 | 1.0.3-1 |
Same product
sylpheed: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2007-2958Format string vulnerability in the inc_put_error function in src/inc.c in Sylpheed 2.4.4, and Sylpheed-Claws (Claws Mail) 1.9.100 and 2.10.028Monitor
- CVE-2007-1267Sylpheed 2.2.7 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents Sylpheed from visually disting21Monitor
- CVE-2005-3354Stack-based buffer overflow in the ldif_get_line function in ldif.c of Sylpheed before 2.1.6 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbit21Monitor
- CVE-2005-0926Buffer overflow in Sylpheed before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code vi21Monitor
- CVE-2003-0852Format string vulnerability in send_message.c for Sylpheed-claws 0.9.4 through 0.9.6 allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service20Monitor
- CVE-2006-2920Sylpheed-Claws before 2.2.2 and Sylpheed before 2.2.6 allow remote attackers to bypass the URI check functionality and makes it easier to co10Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:sylpheed | 1.0.3-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- High
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- secunia.com/advisories/14491
- securitytracker.com/id?1013376
- sylpheed.good-day.net/changelog-devel.html.en
- sylpheed.good-day.net/changelog.html.en
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-26.xml
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-303.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.