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CVE-2008-1497

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1497 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4-4 and earlier versions. This flaw allows remote, authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying excessively long arguments to the IMAP LSUB command. With a CVSS score of 9.0, it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 86/100 indicates significant potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8g3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:1.8g3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9b2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:1.9b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0a2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.0a2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:2.0e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0630 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 17,844 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
securityreason.com / securityalert/3774
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41402
infigo.hr / en/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2008-03-07
Exploit
netwinsite.com / surgemail/help/updates.htm
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489959/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28377
Exploit