CVE-2000-0284 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in University of Washington imapd version 4.7. This flaw allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands on the server by sending specially crafted LIST or other IMAP commands. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, multiple public exploits, including Metasploit modules and several ExploitDB entries, demonstrate its exploitability, despite a lack of recent community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.264CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:12.264:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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