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CVE-2008-5514

Date: December 23, 2008

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (13)

http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5514
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5514
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5514

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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