CVE-2004-2495

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) Webmail, (2) admin, and (3) SMTP services in Ability Mail Server 1.18 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of simultaneous connections to the service.

Affected products

Code-Crafters Ability Mail Server: 1.18

References

http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Ability_mail_server_1.18.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/12039
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010672
http://www.osvdb.org/7719
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10695
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16677
http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Ability_mail_server_1.18.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/12039
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010672
http://www.osvdb.org/7719
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10695
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16677

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