CVE-2008-7074

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in MemeCode Software i.Scribe 1.88 through 2.00 before Beta9 allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a server response, which is not properly handled "when displaying the signon message."

Affected products

Memcode I.Scribe: 1.88, 1.89, 1.90, 2.00-alpha1, 2.00-alpha2, 2.00-alpha3 (+7)

References

http://memecode.com/site/ver.php?id=264
http://osvdb.org/50232
http://secunia.com/advisories/32906
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32497
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46970
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7249
http://memecode.com/site/ver.php?id=264
http://osvdb.org/50232
http://secunia.com/advisories/32906
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32497
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46970
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7249

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