CVE-2017-12639 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack based buffer overflow in Ipswitch IMail server up to and including 12.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors in IMmailSrv, aka ETRE or ETCTERARED.

Published: 2017-10-02

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2017-4178	Stack based buffer overflow in Ipswitch IMail server up to and including 12.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors in IMmailSrv, aka ETRE or ETCTERARED.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00191.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.ipswitch.com/_Messaging/IMailServer/v12.5.6/ReleaseNotes/index.htm#link8

History

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Subscriptions

Ipswitch Imail Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-02T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:43:56.444Z

Reserved: 2017-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12639

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-03T01:29:01.293

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-12639

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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