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CVE-2005-3690
Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service (meimaps.exe) of MailEnable Professional 1.6 and earlier and Enterprise 1.1 and earlier…
High7.5EPSS 5.2%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service (meimaps.exe) of MailEnable Professional 1.6 and earlier and Enterprise 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long mailbox name in the (1) select, (2) create, (3) delete, (4) rename, (5) subscribe, or (6) unsubscribe commands.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 17633 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2484 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20051118 Secunia Research: MailEnable Buffer Overflow and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-59/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1015239 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- mailenable-imap-mailbox-bo(23110) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 15492 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20929 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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