Buffer overflow in University of Washington imapd version 4.7 allows users with a valid account to execute commands via LIST or other commands.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0284 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 68.90%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 8 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16846 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-03-26 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 19847 | exploit_db | edb | 2002-08-01 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 397 | exploit_db | edb | 2002-06-25 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 284 | exploit_db | edb | 2001-03-03 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 253 | exploit_db | edb | 2001-01-19 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 19848 | exploit_db | edb | 2000-04-16 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 19849 | exploit_db | edb | 2000-04-16 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 10025 | exploit_db | edb | 2000-04-16 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 78.73% | 68.90% | -9.83% |
| 2 | 2025-10-16 | 79.86% | 78.73% | -1.13% |
| 3 | 2025-07-14 | — | 79.86% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| university_of_washington | imap | 12.264 | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:12.264:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-04/0074.html | Vendor Advisory |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-04/0085.html | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1110 | Vendor Advisory |