CVE-2008-5514

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-5514
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-12-23T18:30:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:33:21
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2007d
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2000a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2000b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2000c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2001:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2001a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2002a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2002b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2002c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2002d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2002e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2002f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2004a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2004b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2004c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2004d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2004e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2004f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2004g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006h:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006j:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2006k:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2007a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:2007b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5514
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5514
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:05:02 Added to TrackCVE