CVE-2004-2401 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Ipswitch IMail Express Web Messaging versions prior to 8.05. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending an HTML message containing excessively long "tag text." With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and allowing for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its age and high FAUCET Risk Score of 86/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail_express:8.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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