smtp.c in the c-client library in University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by responding to the QUIT command with a close of the TCP connection instead of the expected 221 response code.
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imap_toolkit
Vendor: university_of_washington
Actively Exploited
0
CISA KEV List
PoC / Exploits
0
Code Available
Total RCEs
1
Remote Access
Total CVEs
2
Total Indexed
Avg. EPSS
2.72%
Exploit Prob.
Security Vulnerability Index
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5.0
CVSS
Severity: MEDIUM
10.0
CVSS
CVE-2008-5005
RCE
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2002 through 2007c, (2) University of Washington Alpine 2.00 and earlier, and (3) Panda IMAP allow (a) local users to gain privileges by specifying a long folder extension argument on the command line to the tmail or dmail program; and (b) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending e-mail to a destination mailbox name composed of a username and '+' character followed by a long string, processed by the tmail or possibly dmail program.
Severity: HIGH