CVE-2004-2501

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Published Oct 25, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 14.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Buffer overflow in the IMAP service of MailEnable Professional Edition 1.52 and Enterprise Edition 1.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long command string or (2) a long string to the MEIMAP service and then terminating the connection.

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.52:::::::*

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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 Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 14.1% (14.061% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-11/0349.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13318
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012327
http://www.hat-squad.com/en/000102.html
http://www.osvdb.org/12135
http://www.osvdb.org/12136
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11755
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18285
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18286

History

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Subscriptions

Mailenable Mailenable Enterprise Mailenable Professional

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:29 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 25, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:29 AM
Reserved: Oct 25, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:09 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:09 PM

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