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CVE-2025-42599 KEV Critical · 9.8 EPSS 3.4%

Qualitia Active! Mail Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Qualitia · Active! Mail

Summary

Qualitia's Active! Mail (version 6, build 6.60.05008561 and earlier) contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. A remote, unauthenticated attacker who sends a specially crafted request can achieve arbitrary code execution or cause a denial-of-service condition, requiring no authentication or user interaction.

Official description · NVD

Active! mail 6 BuildInfo: 6.60.05008561 and earlier contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Receiving a specially crafted request created and sent by a remote unauthenticated attacker may lead to arbitrary code execution and/or a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Breakdown
62.6 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
4/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. How attackers get in

  2. What they do

First seen exploited the day it was disclosed.

  1. DisclosedFirst seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidenceday 0
  2. Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+10 days

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

4 , grouped by in kill-chain order 4

Resource DevelopmentTA0042

Vulnerabilities T1588.006
MITRE CTID mapping of the KEV entry · how it is exploited

This stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Active! mail allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution, as well as execute a denial of service attack by crashing the server.

Initial AccessTA0001

MITRE CTID mapping of the KEV entry · how it is exploited

ExecutionTA0002

MITRE CTID mapping of the KEV entry · primary impact

ImpactTA0040

MITRE CTID mapping of the KEV entry · primary impact

Detection

0 rules for this CVE · 247 general rules for its techniques

Rules for this CVE

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What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

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