CVE-2004-1211 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP service in Mercury/32 4.01a allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) EXAMINE, (2) SUBSCRIBE, (3) STATUS, (4) APPEND, (5) CHECK, (6) CLOSE, (7) EXPUNGE, (8) FETCH, (9) RENAME, (10) DELETE, (11) LIST, (12) SEARCH, (13) CREATE, or (14) UNSUBSCRIBE commands.

Published: 2004-12-15

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 80.5% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:mercury:4.0.1a:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.80539.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~jaabogae/han/m_401b.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-December/029701.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110193702909991&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13348
http://www.osvdb.org/12508
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11775
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18318

History

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David Harris Mercury

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-12-15T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:46:12.457Z

Reserved: 2004-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1211

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-01-10T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1211

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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