01 Record
CVE-2003-1177
Buffer overflow in the base64 decoder in MERCUR Mailserver 4.2 before SP3a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) AUTH command to the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the base64 decoder in MERCUR Mailserver 4.2 before SP3a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) AUTH command to the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 12.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-05-10 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-05-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0ef6f32cfe81b1e4c208abe55d5281f30b47257f9008e09317820c0a2fa3ec05
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com8861http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8861
- secunia.com10038http://secunia.com/advisories/10038
- www.securityfocus.com8889http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8889
- www.osvdb.org2688http://www.osvdb.org/2688
- archives.neohapsis.com20031024 Vulnerability in MERCUR Mail Server v4.2 SP3 and belowhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2003-q4/1459.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commercur-auth-command-dos(13468)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13468
- www.atrium-software.comhttp://www.atrium-software.com/mail%20server/pub/mcr42sp3a.html
- www.securiteam.comhttp://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6U00N1P8KC.html