CVE-2008-5514
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
02 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
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
- 1.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.6% 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
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2008-12-23 18:13Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 972ec2df046e45439c6cb97e2cd7c67a1b79d09de434a757ed4f20d6d93468b7
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.washington.eduhttp://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
- secunia.com33275http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
- www.securityfocus.com32958http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
- secunia.com33638http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comuwimapd-rfc822outputchar-dos(47526)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
- securitytracker.com1021485http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-0371https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3490http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:146http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- alpine Fixed in 2.02-3.1
- uw-imap Fixed in 2007b~dfsg-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- alpine Fixed in 2.02-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- alpine Fixed in 2.02-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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