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CVE-2005-1514

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 6.57% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-05-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2005-1514
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
6.57%

Original 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.