CVE-2008-7258

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

1.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 64.2% 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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

Published

2010-08-20 17:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 18:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2010-08-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1bff29a3f7fb0ed6f20f98aac9fe0aa738f991903c9a73d60944516063845faa

• www.securityfocus.com41965http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41965vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-7258x_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-11811http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045422.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• patch-tracker.debian.orghttp://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/ssmtp/2.62-3/345780-standardise-bufsizex_refsource_CONFIRM
• marc.info[oss-security] 20100726 Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017258305041&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100819 Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/19/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-11836http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045407.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• secunia.com41009http://secunia.com/advisories/41009third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/282424x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582236x_refsource_CONFIRM
• marc.info[oss-security] 20100726 CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128013391907262&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• marc.info[oss-security] 20100802 Re: CVE-2008-id Request -- ssmtp -- standardise() -- Buffer overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128077707318085&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST