CVE-2005-2933: University Of Washington Uw-Imap

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 8.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function in mail.c for Washington's IMAP Server (UW-IMAP) before imap-2004g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mailbox name containing a single double-quote (") character without a closing quote, which causes bytes after the double-quote to be copied into a buffer indefinitely.

Affected products

• University Of Washington Uw-Imap: up to and including 2004f; version 2004 only; version 2004a only; version 2004b only; version 2004c only; version 2004d only; …

Published 2005-10-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.