CVE-2005-2278 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon (imapd) in MailEnable Professional 1.54 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the status command with a long mailbox name.

Published: 2005-07-17

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 84.6% High

KEV: No

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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 Local

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 0.8464.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112127188609993&w=2
http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=467&idxseccion=10

History

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Subscriptions

Mailenable Mailenable Professional

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-07-17T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:22:49.012Z

Reserved: 2005-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2278

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-07-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:14:36.063

Link: CVE-2005-2278

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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