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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5514 · published 23 December 2008

CVE-2008-5514: University of washington imap memory buffer overflow vulnerability

University Of Washington · Imap

Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.8% · top 22.8% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5514), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.