CVE-2008-5006
smtp.c in the c-client library in University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by responding to
02 Description
smtp.c in the c-client library in University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007b allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by responding to
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
- 1.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.5% 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
- 2008-11-10 11:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2a90e073e427995b868dc31b91d552564e4a2fed7494b8ddaf5143de847c6da9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081103 Re: CVE request - uw-imaphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5
- www.debian.orgDSA-1685http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comimap-toolkit-smtp-dos(46604)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46604
- www.securityfocus.com32280http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32280
- secunia.com33142http://secunia.com/advisories/33142
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:146http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- uw-imap Fixed in 7:2007d~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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