CVE-2008-5514

UNKNOWN
4.3CVSS
Published: 2008-12-23
Updated: 2025-04-09
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Description

Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector
network
Access Cmplx
medium
Auth
none
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
partial
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Metadata

Primary Vendor
UNIVERSITY_OF_WASHINGTON
Published
12/23/2008
Last Modified
4/9/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

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