CVE-2004-1211 — Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP service in Mercury/32 4.01a allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) EXAMINE, (2) SUBSCRIBE, (3) STATUS, (4) APPEND, (5) CHECK, (6) CLOSE, (7) EXPUNGE, (8) FETCH, (9) RENAME, (10) DELETE, (11) LIST, (12) SEARCH, (13) CREATE, or (14) UNSUBSCRIBE commands

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HIGH

Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP service in Mercury/32 4.01a allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) EXAMINE, (2) SUBSCRIBE, (3) STATUS, (4) APPEND, (5) CHECK, (6) CLOSE, (7) EXPUNGE, (8) FETCH, (9) RENAME, (10) DELETE, (11) LIST, (12) SEARCH, (13) CREATE, or (14) UNSUBSCRIBE commands

Published Dec 15, 2004

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 72.46%

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP service in Mercury/32 4.01a allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) EXAMINE, (2) SUBSCRIBE, (3) STATUS, (4) APPEND, (5) CHECK, (6) CLOSE, (7) EXPUNGE, (8) FETCH, (9) RENAME, (10) DELETE, (11) LIST, (12) SEARCH, (13) CREATE, or (14) UNSUBSCRIBE commands.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

72.46% 0.72459

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.72459

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	72.46% (0.72459)	99.43th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	72.46% (0.72459)	99.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 7, 2025	80.54% (0.80539)	99.07th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	83.19% (0.83193)	99.21th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	84.98% (0.84978)	99.18th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	83.19% (0.83193)	99.22th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	94.03% (0.94030)	99.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 22, 2024	96.39% (0.96393)	99.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 22, 2023	96.37% (0.96366)	99.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	96.23% (0.96235)	99.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	77.08% (0.77084)	99.41th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	77.08% (0.77084)	99.29th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (7)

http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~jaabogae/han/m_401b.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-December/029701.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110193702909991&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/13348
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/12508
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11775
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18318
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~jaabogae/han/m_401b.html		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-December/029701.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110193702909991&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/13348		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/12508		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11775		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18318		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 15, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Dec 14, 2004

Link CVE-2004-1211

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-1211

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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