CVE-2004-1211 describes multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP service of Mercury/32 version 4.01a. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to trigger a denial of service (application crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by providing excessively long arguments to various IMAP commands. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it is considered critical, indicating an easily exploitable network-based attack with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available, including Metasploit modules and several ExploitDB entries, and it has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.1aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:mercury:4.0.1a:*:win32:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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