CVE-2004-2513
Buffer overflow in the IMAP service of Mercury (Pegasus) Mail 4.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SELECT…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 9.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the IMAP service of Mercury (Pegasus) Mail 4.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SELECT command.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 5 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Exploit-DB5 entries
- Mercury/32 Mail Server 3.32 < 4.51 - SMTP EIP Overwrite (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4316remote, windowspublished 26 Aug 2007Verified
- Mercury/32 Mail Server 4.01a - 'check' Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1159dos, windowspublished 1 Dec 2004Verified
- Mercury/32 Mail Server 4.01 - 'Pegasus' IMAP Buffer Overflow (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 670remote, windowspublished 1 Dec 2004Verified
- Mercury/32 Mail Server 4.01 - 'Pegasus' IMAP Buffer Overflow (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 668remote, windowspublished 30 Nov 2004Verified
- Mercury/32 Mail Server 4.01 - 'Pegasus' IMAP Buffer Overflow (3) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 663remote, windowspublished 29 Nov 2004Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 663 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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)
- 9.8% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (9 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
3
- http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~jaabogae/han/m_401b.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 663 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- pegasus-imap-select-bo(18295) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2004-2504 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-2513)Record last updated .