CVE-2008-5514

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    CVE-2008-5514

    Published: 23 Dec 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/33275, http://secunia.com/advisories/33638, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227, http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958, http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High