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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2550 · published 12 August 2005

CVE-2005-2550: Gnome evolution vulnerability

Gnome · Evolution

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.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 4.4% · top 9.0%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
4.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
26References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2550), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.