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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2008-12-23T18:13:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:56:47.016Z

Reserved: 2008-12-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5514

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-23T18:30:03.280

Modified: 2017-08-08T01:33:21.280

Link: CVE-2008-5514

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-12-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-5514 - Bugzilla