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 a
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.
- Published
- Oct 13, 2005
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 8.5% · 95th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
33
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 3 / 30 · 8.5%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| university of washington | uw-imap | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:uw-imap |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- university of washington uw-imapup to 2004f inclusive
- university of washington uw-imap2004
- university of washington uw-imap2004a
- university of washington uw-imap2004b
- university of washington uw-imap2004c
- university of washington uw-imap2004d
- university of washington uw-imap2004e
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | uw-imap | before 7:2002edebian1-12 | 7:2002edebian1-12 |
| Debian:3.1 | uw-imap | before 7:2002edebian1-11sarge1 | 7:2002edebian1-11sarge1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | imap | before 1:2002d-12 | 1:2002d-12 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | imap-debuginfo | before 1:2002d-12 | 1:2002d-12 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | imap-devel | before 1:2002d-12 | 1:2002d-12 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | imap-utils | before 1:2002d-12 | 1:2002d-12 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | php | before 0:4.3.2-30.ent | 0:4.3.2-30.ent |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | php-debuginfo | before 0:4.3.2-30.ent | 0:4.3.2-30.ent |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | php-devel | before 0:4.3.2-30.ent | 0:4.3.2-30.ent |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | php-imap | before 0:4.3.2-30.ent | 0:4.3.2-30.ent |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | php-ldap | before 0:4.3.2-30.ent | 0:4.3.2-30.ent |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | php-mysql | before 0:4.3.2-30.ent | 0:4.3.2-30.ent |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | php-odbc | before 0:4.3.2-30.ent | 0:4.3.2-30.ent |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | php-pgsql | before 0:4.3.2-30.ent | 0:4.3.2-30.ent |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | libc-client | before 0:2002e-14 | 0:2002e-14 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | libc-client-debuginfo | before 0:2002e-14 | 0:2002e-14 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | libc-client-devel | before 0:2002e-14 | 0:2002e-14 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | php | before 0:4.3.9-3.12 | 0:4.3.9-3.12 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | php-debuginfo | before 0:4.3.9-3.12 | 0:4.3.9-3.12 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | php-devel | before 0:4.3.9-3.12 | 0:4.3.9-3.12 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | php-domxml | before 0:4.3.9-3.12 | 0:4.3.9-3.12 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | php-gd | before 0:4.3.9-3.12 | 0:4.3.9-3.12 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | php-imap | before 0:4.3.9-3.12 | 0:4.3.9-3.12 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | php-ldap | before 0:4.3.9-3.12 | 0:4.3.9-3.12 |
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Same product
university of washington: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2002-0379Buffer overflow in University of Washington imap server (uw-imapd) imap-2001 (imapd 2001.315) and imap-2001a (imapd 2001.315) with legacy RF36Monitor
- CVE-2005-0198A logic error in the CRAM-MD5 code for the University of Washington IMAP (UW-IMAP) server, when Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism 32Monitor
- CVE-2002-1782The default configuration of University of Washington IMAP daemon (wu-imapd), when running on a system that does not allow shell access, all8Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:uw-imap | 7:2002edebian1-12 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:imap | 1:2002d-12 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:imap-debuginfo | 1:2002d-12 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:imap-devel | 1:2002d-12 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:imap-utils | 1:2002d-12 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libc-client | 0:2002e-14 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libc-client-debuginfo | 0:2002e-14 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libc-client-devel | 0:2002e-14 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:php | 0:4.3.2-30.ent · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:php-debuginfo | 0:4.3.2-30.ent · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:php-devel | 0:4.3.2-30.ent · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:php-imap | 0:4.3.2-30.ent · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:php-ldap | 0:4.3.2-30.ent · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- secunia.com/advisories/18554
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0081.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html
- secunia.com/advisories/17062/
- secunia.com/advisories/17148
- secunia.com/advisories/17152
- secunia.com/advisories/17215
- secunia.com/advisories/17276
- secunia.com/advisories/17336
- secunia.com/advisories/17483
- secunia.com/advisories/17928
- secunia.com/advisories/17930
- secunia.com/advisories/17950
- secunia.com/advisories/19832
- secunia.com/advisories/20210
- secunia.com/advisories/20222
- secunia.com/advisories/20951
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.