Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-1256

Title: Ipswitch Collaboration Suite IMAP daemon (IMAPD32.EXE) stack-based buffer overflow RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-1256.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 25, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

58.90%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-1256: Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon (IMAPD32.EXE) in IMail 8.13 in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS), and other versions before IMail Server 8.2 Hotfix 2, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a STATUS command with a long mailbox name.

Impacted Vendors

ipswitch 3

Reference Links

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014047 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=244&type=vulnerabilities http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13727 http://securitytracker.com/id?1014047 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=244&type=vulnerabilities http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13727

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-1256 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 25, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.