CVE-2008-5514

University of Washington c-client <imap-2007e - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146

Scores

EPSS 0.0176
EPSS Percentile 75.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (37)
university_of_washington/imap 2000
university_of_washington/imap 2000a
university_of_washington/imap 2000b
university_of_washington/imap 2000c
university_of_washington/imap 2001
university_of_washington/imap 2001a
university_of_washington/imap 2002
university_of_washington/imap 2002a
university_of_washington/imap 2002b
university_of_washington/imap 2002c
... and 27 more
Published Dec 23, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026