CVE-2005-4267
Stack-based buffer overflow in Qualcomm WorldMail 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP command that ends…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 66.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Qualcomm WorldMail 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP command that ends with a "}" character, as demonstrated using long (1) LIST, (2) LSUB, (3) SEARCH TEXT, (4) STATUS INBOX, (5) AUTHENTICATE, (6) FETCH, (7) SELECT, and (8) COPY commands.
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
- Qualcomm WorldMail 3.0 IMAPD LIST Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/imap/eudora_listRank greatdisclosed 20 Dec 2005
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Eudora Qualcomm WorldMail 3.0 - IMAPd 'LIST' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16474remote, windowspublished 1 Jul 2010Verified
- Eudora Qualcomm WorldMail 3.0 - 'IMAPd' Remote Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1380remote, windowspublished 20 Dec 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
- 6 days later
· 6 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 66.8% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 1015391 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2005-3005 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20051220 [ACSSEC-2005-11-27-0x1] Eudora Qualcomm WorldMail 3.0 IMAP4 Servi ce 6.1.19.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 15980 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20051220 Qualcomm WorldMail IMAP Server String Literal Processing Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 277 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 17640 (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-2005-4262 (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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