CVE-2008-5514
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5491)
- Published
- December 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5491 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
- university of washington / imap
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
- http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/RELNOTES.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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