CVE-2005-3640
Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP Groupware Mail server of Floosietek FTGate (FTGate4) 4.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 8.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP Groupware Mail server of Floosietek FTGate (FTGate4) 4.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to various IMAP commands, as demonstrated with the EXAMINE command.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- FTGate4 Groupware Mail Server 4.1 - imapd Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1327dos, windowspublished 16 Nov 2005Verified
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Timeline
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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)
- 8.8% · top 4.8% 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
7
- ftgate4-groupware-imap-bo(23101) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 15449 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.lucaercoli.it/advs/FTGate4.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2478 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20917 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20051116 Buffer Overrun in FTGate4 Groupware Mail server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 17609 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2005-3637 (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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