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evolution — security advisory
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.
- Products
- evolution
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.2.3-3
- CVEs
- CVE-2005-2550
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2550
evolution
Fixed versions: 2.2.3-3
evolution
Fixed versions: 2.2.3-3
evolution
Fixed versions: 2.2.3-3
Complete source record
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