01 Record
CVE-2008-2829
php_imap.c in PHP 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 4.x, and other versions, uses obsolete API calls that allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
php_imap.c in PHP 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 4.x, and other versions, uses obsolete API calls that allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-06-23 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-06-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6bbd17aeca46f2db7f435489902b0b776b8b5caec29e65840adfaaeff3e70ce0
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080624 Re: CVE request: php 5.2.6 ext/imap buffer overflowshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/24/2
- www.securityfocus.com29829http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29829
- secunia.com32746http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
- marc.infoHPSBUX02465http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200811-05http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comphp-phpimap-dos(43357)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43357
- marc.infoSSRT090085http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-3768https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html
- www.securityfocus.com20090302 rPSA-2009-0035-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xslhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:128http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:128
- secunia.com35074http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-628-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-05-12http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:027http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080619 CVE request: php 5.2.6 ext/imap buffer overflowshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/19/6
- secunia.com31200http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
- osvdb.org46641http://osvdb.org/46641
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-3848https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
- www.us-cert.govTA09-133Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1297http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- bugs.php.nethttp://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42862
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:126http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126
- secunia.com35306http://secunia.com/advisories/35306
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:127http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221969
- secunia.com35650http://secunia.com/advisories/35650