Is CVE-2005-2661 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-2661 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-2661?

CVE-2005-2661 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-2661?

CVE-2005-2661 has an EPSS score of 12.11% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-2661

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Format string vulnerability in the ParseBannerAndCapability function in main.c for up-imapproxy 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 allows remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a banner or capability line.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

12.11%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17100/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17120
http://secunia.com/advisories/19113
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/547
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-852
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-04.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15048
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2014
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2015

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.