CVE-2005-0100

Publication date 7 February 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Format string vulnerability in the movemail utility in (1) Emacs 20.x, 21.3, and possibly other versions, and (2) XEmacs 21.4 and earlier, allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
emacs21 7.04 feisty
Fixed 21.4a+1-2ubuntu1.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 21.4a-6ubuntu2.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 21.4a-3ubuntu2.1
xemacs21 7.04 feisty
Fixed 21.4.18-1ubuntu1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 21.4.18-1ubuntu1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 21.4.18-1ubuntu1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-76-1
    • Emacs vulnerability
    • 7 February 2005

Other references