CVE-2005-2933

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mailbox name containing a single double-quote (") character without a closing quote, which causes bytes after the double-quote to be copied into a buffer indefinitely.

Affected products

University Of Washington Uw-Imap: through 2004f; 2004, 2004a, 2004b, 2004c, 2004d, 2004e

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0081.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17062/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17148
http://secunia.com/advisories/17152
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215
http://secunia.com/advisories/17276
http://secunia.com/advisories/17336
http://secunia.com/advisories/17483

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