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critical 10.0

CVE-2004-0297 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) daemon (iLDAP.exe 3.9.15.10) in Ipswitch IMail Server 8.03 allows remot…

published 2004-09-01 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0297

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
68.1%
EPSS 68.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) daemon (iLDAP.exe 3.9.15.10) in Ipswitch IMail Server 8.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via an LDAP message with a large tag length.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/ldap/imail_thc)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

68.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/ldap/imail_thc IMail LDAP Service Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, average rank, 2004-02-17
  • EDB-16824 IPSwitch IMail LDAP Daemon/Service - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-04-30
  • EDB-157 IPSwitch IMail LDAP Daemon/Service - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2004-02-27
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9682 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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