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

EPSS: 0.725 (99.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.