CVE-2008-5514
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (38)
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references (20)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/33275enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33638enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490enisa_euvd
- http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227enisa_euvd
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