CVE-2008-7074
Format string vulnerability in MemeCode Software i.Scribe 1.88 through 2.00 before Beta9 allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 4.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Format string vulnerability in MemeCode Software i.Scribe 1.88 through 2.00 before Beta9 allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a server response, which is not properly handled "when displaying the signon message."
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- i.Scribe SMTP Client 2.00b - 'wscanf' Remote Format String (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7249dos, windowspublished 27 Nov 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 7249 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- http://memecode.com/site/ver.php?id=264 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- iscribe-smtp-format-string(46970) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32906 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 7249 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 50232 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 32497 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2008-7033 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-7074)Record last updated .