CVE-2001-0039 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IPSwitch IMail version 6.0.5. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a specially crafted, base64-encoded user password via the SMTP AUTH command, specifically one between 80 and 136 bytes in length. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity to cause partial availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code, and it's not on CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.