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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1016-1 New evolution packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2551 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:01.117Z

Reserved: 2005-08-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-2550

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2550

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-08-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2550 - Bugzilla

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