CVE-2004-0224

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) iso2022jp.c or (2) shiftjis.c for Courier-IMAP before 3.0.0, Courier before 0.45, and SqWebMail before 4.0.0 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code "when Unicode character is out of BMP range."

Published: 2004-04-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0224 is rated Moderate Risk (59.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.26%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0224

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 3.69% 3.26% -0.43%
2 2025-03-30 5.39% 3.69% -1.70%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.39% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0224

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0224

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0224

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0224 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (courier), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0224
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0224 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (courier), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0224

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0224

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.43 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier_mta:0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.43.1 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier_mta:0.43.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.43.2 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier_mta:0.43.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.44 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier_mta:0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated courier_mta 0.44.2 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:courier_mta:0.44.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated sqwebmail 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:sqwebmail:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated sqwebmail 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:sqwebmail:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated sqwebmail 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:sqwebmail:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated sqwebmail 3.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:sqwebmail:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double_precision_incorporated sqwebmail 3.6_.0 cpe:2.3:a:double_precision_incorporated:sqwebmail:3.6_.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inter7 courier-imap 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:inter7:courier-imap:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inter7 courier-imap 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:inter7:courier-imap:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inter7 courier-imap 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:inter7:courier-imap:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inter7 courier-imap 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:inter7:courier-imap:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inter7 courier-imap 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:inter7:courier-imap:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inter7 courier-imap 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:inter7:courier-imap:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inter7 courier-imap 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:inter7:courier-imap:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inter7 courier-imap 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:inter7:courier-imap:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0224

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