CVE-2004-1211

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Published Dec 15, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 72.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP service in Mercury/32 4.01a allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) EXAMINE, (2) SUBSCRIBE, (3) STATUS, (4) APPEND, (5) CHECK, (6) CLOSE, (7) EXPUNGE, (8) FETCH, (9) RENAME, (10) DELETE, (11) LIST, (12) SEARCH, (13) CREATE, or (14) UNSUBSCRIBE commands.

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:mercury:4.0.1a:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 72.5% (72.459% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~jaabogae/han/m_401b.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-December/029701.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110193702909991&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13348
http://www.osvdb.org/12508
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11775
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18318

History

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Subscriptions

David Harris Mercury

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:46 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 15, 2004, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:46 AM
Reserved: Dec 14, 2004, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:07 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 10, 2005, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:07 PM

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