The standardise function in Anibal Monsalve Salazar sSMTP 2.61 and 2.62 allows local…
Priority LOW 13CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The standardise function in Anibal Monsalve Salazar sSMTP 2.61 and 2.62 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application exit) via an e-mail message containing a long line that begins with a . (dot) character. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue because it is solely a usability problem for senders of messages with certain long lines, and has no security impact
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01054 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 4 exploit referencesTagged 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 · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:anibal_monsalve_salaz:ssmtp:2.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.61 | Vulnerable | Anibal Monsalve Salaz |
| cpe:2.3:a:anibal_monsalve_salaz:ssmtp:2.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.62 | Vulnerable | Anibal Monsalve Salaz |
- cpe:2.3:a:anibal_monsalve_salaz:ssmtp:2.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.61 Vulnerable ·Anibal Monsalve Salaz
- cpe:2.3:a:anibal_monsalve_salaz:ssmtp:2.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.62 Vulnerable ·Anibal Monsalve Salaz
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-7258
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vqmw-m2f5-rq3c
References
Exploit 4
- [oss-security] 20100726 Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflow
- [oss-security] 20100819 Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflow
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236
- [oss-security] 20100726 CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflow
Advisory 2
Sources
- CVE-2008-7258 · CVE Program
- CVE-2008-7258 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vqmw-m2f5-rq3c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2008-7258 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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