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CVE-2008-5514

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2008-12-23 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

University Of Washington Imap

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References