CVE-2005-3690

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Published Nov 19, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 5.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service (meimaps.exe) of MailEnable Professional 1.6 and earlier and Enterprise 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long mailbox name in the (1) select, (2) create, (3) delete, (4) rename, (5) subscribe, or (6) 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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional::::::::

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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: 5.2% (5.174% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0581.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17633
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-59/advisory/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015239
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/
http://www.osvdb.org/20929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15492
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2484
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23110

History

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Subscriptions

Mailenable Mailenable Enterprise Mailenable Professional

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:17 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 19, 2005, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:17 PM
Reserved: Nov 19, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:17 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 19, 2005, 1:03 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:17 PM

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