CVE-2005-2878: GNU Mailutils

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 14.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the SEARCH command.

Affected products

• GNU Mailutils: version 0.6 only

Published 2005-09-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.