CVE-2008-1498
Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin Surgemail 3.8k4-4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 7.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin Surgemail 3.8k4-4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the LIST command.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- NetWin Surgemail 3.8k4-4 - IMAP (Authenticated) Remote LIST Universal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5259remote, windowspublished 14 Mar 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5259 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.6% · top 5.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 5259 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 29105 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28260 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0901 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.netwinsite.com/surgemail/help/updates.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1500 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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