CVE-2006-2502

mediumpriority · attend · 49EPSS 0.533 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

4 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

53.3% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 5.1 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Stack-based buffer overflow in pop3d in Cyrus IMAPD (cyrus-imapd) 2.3.2, when the popsubfolders option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long USER command.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05.1mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 6.4

v2.05.1mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-121USLLM-inferred

exploits (4)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-16836Cyrus IMAPD - pop3d popsubfolders USER Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-1813Cyrus IMAPD 2.3.2 - 'pop3d' Remote Buffer Overflow (1)functional · exploit_db
EDB-2185Cyrus IMAPD 2.3.2 - 'pop3d' Remote Buffer Overflow (3)functional · exploit_db
exploit/linux/pop3/cyrus_pop3d_popsubfoldersCyrus IMAPD pop3d popsubfolders USER Buffer Overflowfunctional · metasploit

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
cyrus imapd= 2.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cyrus:imapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2006-05-22modified 2026-06-16

references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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