CVE-2008-5006 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the c-client library of the University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b. A remote SMTP server can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and application crash by closing the TCP connection after a QUIT command, instead of sending the expected 221 response. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2007bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap_toolkit:2007b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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