CVE-2008-5005

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2002 through 2007c, (2) University of Washington Alpine 2.00 and earlier, and (3) Panda IMAP allow (a) local users to gain privileges by specifying a long folder extension argument on the command line to the tmail or dmail program; and (b) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending e-mail to a destination mailbox name composed of a username and '+' character followed by a long string, processed by the tmail or possibly dmail program.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Nov 10, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5005: Critical severity, CVSS 10.0 | Vulnix