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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2007-0887

High
7.8/10

Summary

axigen 1.2.6 through 2.0.0b1 does not properly parse login credentials, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a base64-encoded "*\x00" sequence on the imap port (143/tcp).

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  • NETWORK
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  • COMPLETE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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