CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-1255
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-03-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in Mercur Messaging 5.0 SP3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string to the (1) LOGIN or (2) SELECT command, a different set of attack vectors and possibly a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1177.
Affected configurations
• mercur mercur messaging (<= 2005 5.0 sp3)
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2006/Mar/1111 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2006/Mar/1167 seclists.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19267 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/23950 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17138 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0977 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25290 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2006/Mar/1111 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2006/Mar/1167 seclists.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19267 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/23950 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17138 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0977 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25290 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com