THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-7182
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-7182

Surgemail vulnerability

CVSS
4.0
EPSS
24.3%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin Surgemail 3.9e, and possibly other versions before 3.9g2, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the APPEND command, a different vector than CVE-2008-1497 and CVE-2008-1498. NOTE: due to lack of details, it is not certain whether this is the same issue as CVE-2008-2859.
Affected vendor
Netwin
Affected product
Surgemail
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2009-09-08

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 partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 24.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-7182

  • Confirm whether Netwin Surgemail is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-7182.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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