CVE-2008-5514
Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.76%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.76% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- university of washington/imap
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
- http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
- http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.