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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2004-2501 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the IMAP service of MailEnable Professional Edition 1.52 and Enterprise Edition 1.01 allows remote attackers to execute…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2492

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.1%
EPSS 14.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the IMAP service of MailEnable Professional Edition 1.52 and Enterprise Edition 1.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long command string or (2) a long string to the MEIMAP service and then terminating the connection.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-658)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-658 MailEnable Mail Server IMAP 1.52 - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2004-11-25
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1012327 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11755 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • hat-squad.com http://www.hat-squad.com/en/000102.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-11/0349.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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