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
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
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