CVE-2004-0297

Exp

Buffer overflow in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) daemon (iLDAP.exe 3.9.15.10) in Ipswitch IMail Server 8.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via an LDAP message with a large tag length.

Published: 2004-11-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0297 is rated High Exploit Risk (94.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 68.13%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.83% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-0297

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16824 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
157 exploit_db edb 2004-02-27 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0297

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 62.30% 68.13% +5.83%
2 2026-05-07 56.96% 62.30% +5.34%
3 2025-03-30 — 56.96% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0297

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0297

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0297

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch imail 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 8.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0297

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