CVE-2004-0297

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 68.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-11-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) daemon (iLDAP.exe 3.9.15.10) in Ipswitch IMail Server 8.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via an LDAP message with a large tag length.

Affected products

Ipswitch Imail: 8.0.3, 8.0.5

References

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=74
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im805HF2.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972334
http://www.osvdb.org/3984
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9682
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15243
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=74
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im805HF2.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972334
http://www.osvdb.org/3984
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9682
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15243

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