CVE-2004-2677

HIGH 7.5CVE-2004-2677 · Published 31/12/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-2677 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting qwikmail smtp (qwikmail).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.5%, higher than 93.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
qwikmail smtp qwikmail	`= 0.3`	No fix yet

Description

Format string vulnerability in qwik-smtpd.c in QwikMail SMTP (qwik-smtpd) 0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format specifiers in the (1) clientRcptTo array, and the (2) Received and (3) messageID variables, possibly involving HELO and hostname arguments.

References

qwikmail.sourceforge.net/smtpd/qwik-smtpd-0.3.patch · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/13037 · Patch
securitytracker.com/id · Patch
unl0ck.info/advisories/qwik-smtpd.txt
securityfocus.com/archive/1/460600/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/11572 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0687
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17917

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