CVE-2008-0394
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 11.9%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in Citadel SMTP server 7.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long RCPT TO command, which is not properly handled by the makeuserkey function. NOTE: some of these details were obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 11.9% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0404)
- Published
- January 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0404 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- citadel / smtp
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28590(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-vs-GNU-citadel.tar.gz
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27376
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019255
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0252
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39807
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4949
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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