CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-2501

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the IMAP service of MailEnable Professional Edition 1.52 and Enterprise Edition 1.01 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending a long command string or a long string to the MEIMAP service and then terminating the connection.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely take control of the mail server, leading to a breach of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational data.

Recommendation

Immediately update MailEnable to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability or apply available security patches.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the IMAP service of MailEnable Professional Edition 1.52 and Enterprise Edition 1.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long command string or (2) a long string to the MEIMAP service and then terminating the connection.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS