CVE-2003-1470

Exp

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.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1470 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.98%, 91th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.99% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1470

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1470

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 2.00% 4.98% +2.99%
2 2026-06-12 1.92% 2.00% +0.08%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.92% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1470

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1470

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1470

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alt-n mdaemon 6.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1470

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