Is CVE-2008-2829 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2829 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2829?

CVE-2008-2829 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-2829

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.3%EU EUVD

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 long IMAP request, which triggers an "rfc822.c legacy routine buffer overflow" error message, related to the rfc822_write_address function.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 5.3% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2822)
Published: June 23, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2822 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
php / php
php / php
php / php

References

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42862(Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/46641(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32746(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35306(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549(Third Party Advisory)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:128(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/19/6(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/24/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29829(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221969(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43357(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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