CVE-2004-1638 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in TABS MailCarrier 2.51, specifically affecting the SMTP EHLO and potentially HELO commands. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to network accessibility and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit intelligence confirms the existence of public exploit code, including Metasploit modules and multiple entries on ExploitDB, demonstrating its exploitability. Despite its age, the high EPSS score and FAUCET Risk Score suggest a continued potential for impact, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | n/aCNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.