CVE-2004-2292

Exp

Buffer overflow in Alt-N MDaemon 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long STATUS command to the IMAP server.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-2292 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.19%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +10.64% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: 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-2004-2292

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2292

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 1.54% 12.19% +10.64%
2 2025-03-30 1.44% 1.54% +0.10%
3 2025-03-29 1.44%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2292

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-2004-2292

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2292

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alt-n mdaemon 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 2.8.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:2.8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 2.71_sp1 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:2.71_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 3.1_beta cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:3.1_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 3.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 3.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 5.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.7.9 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 6.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:6.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2292

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