CVE-2008-0394

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

Citadel Smtp: through 7.10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28590
http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-vs-GNU-citadel.tar.gz
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27376
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019255
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0252
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39807
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4949
http://secunia.com/advisories/28590
http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-vs-GNU-citadel.tar.gz
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27376
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019255
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0252

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