CVE-2004-2650 Apache James Denial of Service

MediumCVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.56%

Published: 2005-12-09 17:00
Updated: 2026-06-17 01:10
Exploit status: No public exploit known

Description

Spooler in Apache Foundation James 2.2.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering various error conditions in the retrieve function, which prevents a lock from being released and causes a memory leak.

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
apache james	= 2.2.0	No fix listed
org.apache.james/james-server(Maven)	< 2.2.0	2.2.0

References

issues.apache.org
james.apache.org
15765 vdb-entry
nvd.nist.gov third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
github.com

CVSS v2.0

4.9 Medium

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Complete

Weakness & likelihood

EPSS (exploitation probability, 30 days): 0.56% (percentile 47.2)
CWE: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public exploit references

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No public exploit references known.