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TI-2008-01435 Aliases CVE-2008-1498GHSA-vhqg-5v8p-7r24

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin Surgemail 3.8k4-4 and earlier…

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07556 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.8k4VulnerableNetWin
  • cpe:2.3:a:netwin:surgemail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.8k4 Vulnerable ·NetWin

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-1498
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vhqg-5v8p-7r24

References

Exploit 1

Other 2

  • TI-2008-01434 Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4-4 and earlier… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2004-02407 Unspecified vulnerability in SurgeMail before 2.2c10 has unknown impact and attack… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-04232 Unspecified vulnerability in NetWin SurgeMail 38k on Windows Server 2003 has unknown… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2008-01009 Format string vulnerability in webmail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier and beta… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-06870 Buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin Surgemail 3.9e, and possibly other versions… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.0
  • TI-2008-01008 Stack-based buffer overflow in the _lib_spawn_user_getpid function in (1) swatch.exe and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
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Sources

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