CVE-2005-2549: Gnome Evolution

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Evolution 1.5 through 2.3.6.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) full vCard data, (2) contact data from remote LDAP servers, or (3) task list data from remote servers.

Affected products

• Gnome Evolution: version 1.5 only; version 2.0 only; version 2.1 only; version 2.2 only; version 2.3.1 only; version 2.3.2 only; …

Published 2005-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.