MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2580

Mailenable vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The SMTP service (MESMTPC.exe) in MailEnable 3.x and 4.25 does not properly perform a length check, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long (1) email address in the MAIL FROM command, or (2) domain name in the RCPT TO command, which triggers an "unhandled invalid parameter error."
Affected vendor
Mailenable
Affected product
Mailenable
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2010-09-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-2580

  • Confirm whether Mailenable Mailenable is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-2580.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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