CVE-2008-1497

Surgemail vulnerability

CVSS

9.0

EPSS

6.3%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4-4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the LSUB command.

Affected vendor

Netwin

Affected product

Surgemail

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds

Published

2008-03-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-1497

Confirm whether Netwin Surgemail is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1497.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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