Incredimail build 5853710 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages…
Priority LOW 23CWE-399Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Incredimail build 5853710 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption or other resource consumption) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01244 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:incredimail:incredimail:5.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.85 | Vulnerable | Incredimail |
- cpe:2.3:a:incredimail:incredimail:5.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.85 Vulnerable ·Incredimail
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5429
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mmj8-qxh6-33c9
References
Advisory 1
More Incredimail vulnerabilities
- TI-2010-04987 Buffer overflow in the Authenticate method in the INCREDISPOOLERLib.Pop ActiveX control… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2002-00440 IncrediMail stores attachments in a directory with a fixed name, which could make it… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2001-00623 Directory traversal vulnerability in IncrediMail version 1400185 and earlier allows local… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1
Sources
- CVE-2008-5429 · CVE Program
- CVE-2008-5429 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mmj8-qxh6-33c9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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