Description
Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mailbox name containing a single double-quote (") character without a closing quote, which causes bytes after the double-quote to be copied into a buffer indefinitely.
Published: 2005-10-13
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 35.1% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22518 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2933 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9858 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2933 cve-icon
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Stronghold
University Of Washington Uw-imap
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:29.440Z

Reserved: 2005-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2933

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-10-13T22:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-2933

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-10-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2933 - Bugzilla

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