Name: CVE-2008-5514: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2008-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2008-5514, CWE-119, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01071

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade uw-imapUpgrade alpine	Jul 30, 2024	Dec 23, 2008
Freebsd	—	Upgrade imap-uw	Dec 10, 2025	Jan 11, 2009
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-lang/php.Upgrade net-libs/c-client.Upgrade net-mail/uw-imap.	Oct 30, 2017	Dec 23, 2008
Suse	—	Upgrade imap-libUpgrade imapUpgrade imap-devel	Feb 17, 2015	Dec 23, 2008

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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