CVE-2003-1177 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2003-1177

Buffer overflow in the base64 decoder in MERCUR Mailserver 4.2...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the base64 decoder in MERCUR Mailserver 4.2 before SP3a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) AUTH command to the POP3 server or (2) AUTHENTICATE command to the IMAP server.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

atrium software

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Affected Software

mercur mailserver
Vulnerable Versions:
3.3, 3.3_sp1, 3.3_sp2, 4.1, 4.1_sp1, 4.2, 4.2_sp1, 4.2_sp2

Timeline

Official Publish: May 10th, 2005
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.