CVE-2008-5514
EPSS 0.81%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2008-5514
To remediate CVE-2008-5514, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/alpine—upgrade to 2.02-3.1 or later
- Debian/uw-imap—upgrade to 2007b~dfsg-1.1 or later
Is CVE-2008-5514 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.02-3.1
- from 0, < 2007b~dfsg-1.1