CVE-2009-0671
Rejected reason: Format string vulnerability in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit imap-2007d and other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the initial request to the IMAP port (143/tcp). NOTE: Red Hat has disputed the vulnerability, stating "The Red Hat Security Response Team have been unable to confirm the existence of this format string vulnerability in the toolkit, and the sample published exploit is not complete or functional." CVE agrees that the exploit contains syntax errors and uses Unix-only include files while invoking Windows functions
Key facts
- CVSS score
- N/A
- Severity
- Unrated
- EPSS score
- N/A
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0671)
- Published
- February 22, 2009
- NVD last modified
- November 7, 2023
- Status
- Rejected
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0671 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 16, 2017.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseLast updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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