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CVE-2008-1055
Format string vulnerability in webmail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier and beta 39a, and WebMail 3.1s and earlier, allows remote…
High7.5EPSS 7.9%
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Description
Format string vulnerability in webmail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier and beta 39a, and WebMail 3.1s and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the page parameter.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.9% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 3705 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/surgemailz-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29137 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29105 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0678 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1019500 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20080225 Format string and buffer-overflow in SurgeMail 38k4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- surgemail-webmail-format-string(40833) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 27990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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