Stack-based buffer overflow in Qualcomm WorldMail 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP command that ends…

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Qualcomm WorldMail 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP command that ends with a "}" character, as demonstrated using long (1) LIST, (2) LSUB, (3) SEARCH TEXT, (4) STATUS INBOX, (5) AUTHENTICATE, (6) FETCH, (7) SELECT, and (8) COPY commands.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

66.8% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 1015391 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• ADV-2005-3005 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20051220 [ACSSEC-2005-11-27-0x1] Eudora Qualcomm WorldMail 3.0 IMAP4 Servi ce 6.1.19.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 15980 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20051220 Qualcomm WorldMail IMAP Server String Literal Processing Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
• 277 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 17640 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 23:38 UTC.