CVE-2005-1249

The IMAP daemon (IMAPD32.EXE) in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an LSUB command with a large number of null characters, which causes an infinite loop.

Published: 2005-05-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1249 is rated Moderate Risk (51.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.78%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1249

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 2026-04-19 1.05% 2.78% +1.73%
2 2025-03-30 0.89% 1.05% +0.17%
3 2025-03-29 0.89%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1249

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-2005-1249

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1249

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch ipswitch_collaboration_suite cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ipswitch_collaboration_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1249

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