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CVE-2008-5514

N/A

Published: December 23, 2008 at 06:13 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorImap

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Imap · University of Washington

95%

v ≤ 2007d2000 2000a 2000b 2000c 2001 2001a 2002 2002a 2002b 2002c 2002d 2002e 2002f 2004 2004a 2004b 2004c 2004d 2004e 2004f 2004g 2006 2006a 2006b 2006c 2006d 2006e 2006f 2006g 2006h 2006i 2006j 2006k 2007 2007a 2007b

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (10)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/33275

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/33638

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA

Source: [email protected]

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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