What is CVE-2005-2278?

CVE-2005-2278 is a vulnerability in Mailenable Professional. Published 2005-07-18.

Is CVE-2005-2278 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Mailenable Professional

CVE-2005-2278

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon (imapd) in MailEnable Professional 1.54 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the status command with a long mailbox name.

Published 2005-07-18 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/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: 0.846 (99.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-15.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.846 · newest: 0.846 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mailenable Professional — versions 1.54

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

marc.info/ (mailing-list)
www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-2278?: CVE-2005-2278 is a vulnerability in Mailenable Professional. Published 2005-07-18.
Is CVE-2005-2278 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.