CVE-2004-1211

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP service in Mercury/32 4.01a allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) EXAMINE, (2) SUBSCRIBE, (3) STATUS, (4) APPEND, (5) CHECK, (6) CLOSE, (7) EXPUNGE, (8) FETCH, (9) RENAME, (10) DELETE, (11) LIST, (12) SEARCH, (13) CREATE, or (14) UNSUBSCRIBE commands.

Published: 2005-01-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1211 is rated High Exploit Risk (87/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 80.54%, 99th percentile). 8 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2004-1211

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16484 exploit_db edb 2010-05-09 Exploit-DB ↗
4316 exploit_db edb 2007-08-26 Exploit-DB ↗
3561 exploit_db edb 2007-03-24 Exploit-DB ↗
670 exploit_db edb 2004-12-01 Exploit-DB ↗
1159 exploit_db edb 2004-12-01 Exploit-DB ↗
668 exploit_db edb 2004-11-30 Exploit-DB ↗
663 exploit_db edb 2004-11-29 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1211

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 2025-07-07 83.19% 80.54% -2.65%
2 2025-03-30 84.98% 83.19% -1.79%
3 2025-03-29 — 84.98% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1211

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-2004-1211

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1211

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
david_harris mercury 4.0.1a cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:mercury:4.0.1a:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1211

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