Is CVE-2008-4041 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-4041 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-4041?

CVE-2008-4041 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-4041

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD

The IMAP server in Softalk Mail Server (formerly WorkgroupMail) 8.5.1.431 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and daemon crash) via a long IMAP APPEND command with certain repeated parameters.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 2.3% (84th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-4026)
Published: September 11, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4026 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

softalk mail server / softalk mail server

References

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

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