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    CVE-2008-1055

    Format string vulnerability in webmail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier and beta 39a, and WebMail 3.1s and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the page parameter.

    Published:Feb 27, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Feb 27, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.21598
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Netwin
    Product
    Surgemail
    Vendor
    Netwin
    Product
    Webmail

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27990http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27990https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31300

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2024-11990 (CVSS 4.6) — A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SurgeMail v78c2 could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary Jav…
    CVE-2012-2575 (CVSS 4.3) — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in NetWin SurgeMail 6.0a4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary…
    CVE-2010-3201 (CVSS 4.3) — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in NetWin Surgemail before 4.3g allows remote attackers to inject arb…
    CVE-2008-7182 (CVSS 4) — Buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin Surgemail 3.9e, and possibly other versions before 3.9g2, allows…
    CVE-2008-2859 (CVSS 5) — Unspecified vulnerability in the IMAP service in NetWin SurgeMail before 3.9g2 allows remote attackers to caus…
    CVE-2008-1498 (CVSS 9) — Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin Surgemail 3.8k4-4 and earlier allows remote authenti…
    CVE-2008-1497 (CVSS 9) — Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4-4 and earlier allows remote authentic…
    CVE-2008-1054 (CVSS 6.4) — Stack-based buffer overflow in the _lib_spawn_user_getpid function in (1) swatch.exe and (2) surgemail.exe in …
    CVE-2007-6457 (CVSS 5) — Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
    CVE-2007-4377 (CVSS 6) — Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in SurgeMail 38k allows remote authenticated users to execute …

    References

    http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/surgemailz-adv.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29105
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29137
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3705
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488741/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27990
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019500
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0678
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40833
    http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/surgemailz-adv.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29105
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29137
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3705
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488741/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27990
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019500
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0678
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40833

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High