CVE-2004-1546

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in MDaemon 6.5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long (1) SAML, SOML, SEND, or MAIL command to the SMTP server or (2) LIST command to the IMAP server.

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-2004-1546 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 49.49%, 98th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.18% 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-2004-1546

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
473 exploit_db edb 2004-09-22 Exploit-DB ↗
24624 exploit_db edb 2004-09-16 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1546

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 2025-03-30 43.30% 49.49% +6.18%
2 2025-03-29 49.49% 43.30% -6.18%
3 2025-03-17 — 49.49% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1546

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1546

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1546

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alt-n mdaemon 6.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1546

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