Buffer overflow in David Harris Mercury
CVE-2004-1211
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.725 (99.4th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.725 · newest: 0.725 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- David Harris Mercury — versions 4.0.1a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- home.kabelfoon.nl/~jaabogae/han/m_401b.html
- secunia.com/advisories/13348 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-December/029701.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11775 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18318 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/12508 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2004-1211?
- CVE-2004-1211 is a vulnerability in David Harris Mercury, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2005-01-10.
- Is CVE-2004-1211 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.