CVE-2005-1255
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the IMAP server in IMail 8.12 and 8.13 in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS), and other versions…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 42.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the IMAP server in IMail 8.12 and 8.13 in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS), and other versions before IMail Server 8.2 Hotfix 2, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a LOGIN command with (1) a long username argument or (2) a long username argument that begins with a special character.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- IPSwitch IMail Server 8.20 - IMAPD Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3627remote, windowspublished 1 Apr 2007Verified
- IPSwitch IMail Server 8.15 - IMAPD Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1124remote, linuxpublished 1 Aug 2005Verified
- IPSwitch IMAP Server - LOGON Remote Stack Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1035remote, windowspublished 7 Jun 2005Verified
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
By mitre
- 30 days later
· 30 days later
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)
- 42.8% · top 1.3% 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
4
- http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 13727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1014047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20050524 Ipswitch IMail IMAP LOGIN Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_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-2005-1258 (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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