CVE-2007-5740
The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an...
- Published
- Oct 31, 2007
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Oct 31, 2007
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 96.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism.
Sources
1Bernhard Mueller · linux · Oct 31, 2007
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