CVE-2004-1520

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in IPSwitch IMail 8.13 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP DELETE command.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1520 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 88.80%, 99th percentile). 4 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-2004-1520

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16479 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
1151 exploit_db edb 2005-08-12 Exploit-DB ↗
627 exploit_db edb 2004-11-12 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1520

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 89.37% 88.80% -0.57%
2 2025-03-30 90.36% 89.37% -0.99%
3 2025-03-29 — 90.36% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1520

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1520

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1520

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch imail 8.13 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1520

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