CVE-2008-5839 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Foxmail 6.5, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This high-severity flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.3, can be exploited with medium attack complexity by crafting a malicious mailto URI within an HTML A element. While not actively exploited in the wild and inactive on the CISA KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxmail:foxmail:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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