CVE-2008-1055

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

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.

Affected products

NetWin SurgeMail: through 38k4; 1.8a, 1.8b3, 1.8d, 1.8e, 1.8g3, 1.9 (+17)
NetWin Webmail: through 3.1s

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

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