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CVE-2008-1498

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1498 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the IMAP service of NetWin Surgemail versions 3.8k4-4 and earlier. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a long first argument to the LIST command, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating a clear path for exploitation. Despite the availability of exploit code, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.8k4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5259 · Mar 14, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0756 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/29105
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/5259
netwinsite.com / surgemail/help/updates.htm
securityfocus.com / bid/28260
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0901/references