CVE-2005-2278

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon (imapd) in MailEnable Professional 1.54 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the status command with a long mailbox name.

Published: 2005-07-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2278 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 84.64%, 100th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +13.14% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2278

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16485 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2278

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 71.50% 84.64% +13.14%
2 2026-05-13 85.44% 71.50% -13.93%
3 2026-02-08 — 85.44% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2278

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2278

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2278

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.54 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2278

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