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CVE-2004-2650 Apache James

Affected softwareApache James
Severity4.9 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in2.2.0
WeaknessUncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400)
Published31 Dec 2004
Updated16 Jun 2026

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 21 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.56% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory
Finding This CVE is MEDIUM severity, is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, has no public exploit or PoC in any indexed source, carries no CISA Vulnrichment finding of a demonstrated exploit, and is not part of an Oracle Critical Patch Update. None of the signals that would put it in front of an engineer is present, and the volume of CVEs below that bar is too great to take one at a time, so no rule is written for it. This is a decision about what we act on, not a finding that the CVE is harmless — a patch may well be derivable, and a low-severity defect can still be one link in a longer chain.

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.apache.james:james-server 0 2.2.0 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache james generic 2.2.0
osv org.apache.james james-server generic < 2.2.0

References

URLTags
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-268 WEB
http://james.apache.org/changelog.html WEB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15765 WEB

Timeline

Published2004-12-31By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.