CVE-2003-1470

CRITICAL 9.0CVE-2003-1470 · Published 31/12/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-1470 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability affecting mdaemon (alt-n).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.0%, higher than 92.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mdaemon alt-n	`= 6.7.5`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in IMAP service in MDaemon 6.7.5 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a CREATE command with a long mailbox name.

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/3296
securityfocus.com/archive/1/319879 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/7446
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11896

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