7.5

CVE-2005-0198: uw-imap

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2005:128DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0198
Published 06-02-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0198 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in uw-imap. EPSS estimates a 5.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.09%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-02-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A logic error in the CRAM-MD5 code for the University of Washington IMAP (UW-IMAP) server, when Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism with MD5 (CRAM-MD5) is enabled, does not properly enforce all the required conditions for successful authentication, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as arbitrary users.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.09% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
5.09%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat4 products
  • imap< 1:2002d-11
  • imap-debuginfo< 1:2002d-11
  • imap-devel< 1:2002d-11
  • imap-utils< 1:2002d-11
Debian1 product
  • uw-imap< 7:2002edebian1-6

2 vendors · 5 products

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