Crear ALMail32 1.10 POP3 Client From/To memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Crear ALMail32 1.10. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component POP3 Client. Such manipulation of the argument From/To as part of Header leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0673. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Crear ALMail32 1.10. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component POP3 Client. The manipulation of the argument From/To as part of a Header leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in ALMail32 POP3 client via From: or To: headers.

The weakness was disclosed 08/08/1999 by Shadow (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0673. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (19450) and SecurityFocus (BID 574†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

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06/21/2014 +5431 days 🔍
02/05/2025 +3882 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Shadow
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0673 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0673
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14762
SecurityFocus: 574 - CREAR ALMail32 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 18:04
Updated: 02/05/2025 08:16
Changes: 06/21/2014 18:04 (49), 05/21/2018 10:08 (7), 02/05/2025 08:16 (21)
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