CVE-2001-1283

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The webmail interface for Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a mailbox name that contains a large number of . (dot) or other characters to programs such as (1) readmail.cgi or (2) printmail.cgi, possibly due to a buffer overflow that may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Affected products

Ipswitch Imail: 6.0.2, 6.0.6, 7.0.4

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0082.html
http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/IMail/news.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3427
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0082.html
http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/IMail/news.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3427

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