Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE-2006-5552
Summary
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in RevilloC MailServer 1.21 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) MAIL FROM or (2) RCPT TO command.
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CWE-119 - Buffer Overflow
Buffer overflow attacks involve data transit and operations exceeding the restricted memory buffer, thereby corrupting or overwriting data in adjacent memory locations. Such overflow allows the attacker to run arbitrary code or manipulate the existing code to cause privilege escalation, data breach, denial of service, system crash and even complete system compromise. Given that languages such as C and C++ lack default safeguards against overwriting or accessing data in their memory, applications utilizing these languages are most susceptible to buffer overflows attacks.
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Advisory Timeline
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