CVE-2005-1254 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP server for Ipswitch IMail 8.12 and 8.13, and other versions before IMail Server 8.2 Hotfix 2, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SELECT command with a large argument.

Published: 2005-05-25

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 12.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:8.12:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:8.13:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1257	Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP server for Ipswitch IMail 8.12 and 8.13, and other versions before IMail Server 8.2 Hotfix 2, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SELECT command with a large argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.12874.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014047
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=241&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13727

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ipswitch Imail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:44:05.964Z

Reserved: 2005-04-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1254

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-25T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-1254

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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