CVE-2004-0297
Buffer overflow in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) daemon (iLDAP.exe 3.9.15.10) in Ipswitch IMail Server 8.03 allows…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 68.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) daemon (iLDAP.exe 3.9.15.10) in Ipswitch IMail Server 8.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via an LDAP message with a large tag length.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- IMail LDAP Service Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/ldap/imail_thcRank averagedisclosed 17 Feb 2004
Exploit-DB2 entries
- IPSwitch IMail LDAP Daemon/Service - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16824remote, windowspublished 30 Apr 2010Verified
- IPSwitch IMail LDAP Daemon/Service - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 157remote, windowspublished 27 Feb 2004Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
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- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 68.1% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- VU#972334 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 9682 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040217 Ipswitch IMail LDAP Daemon Remote Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im805HF2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- imail-ldap-tag-bo(15243) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3984 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0297 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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