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high 7.5

CVE-2008-0394 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in Citadel SMTP server 7.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long RCPT TO command, which…

published 2008-01-23 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0404

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.9%
EPSS 11.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-4949)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

11.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-4949 Citadel SMTP 7.10 - Remote Overflow remote, 2008-01-21

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.