CVE-2007-5466

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 19.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-10-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in eXtremail 2.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to (1) have an unknown impact by sending multiple long strings to the IMAP port (143/tcp); (2) execute arbitrary code via a long string in an IMAP AUTHENTICATE PLAIN action, involving the ifParseAuthPlain function; (3) execute arbitrary code via a long LOGIN command to the admin interface port (4501/tcp); or (4) execute arbitrary code via a long string in an IMAP AUTHENTICATE LOGIN (aka CRAM-MD5 authentication) action, involving the ifProcImapAuth1 function.

Affected products

Extremail: through 2.1.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/27220
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/extremail-v4.c
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/extremail-v5.c
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/extremail-v6.c
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/extremail-v8.pl
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482293
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26074
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37209
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4533
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4534
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4535
http://secunia.com/advisories/27220

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