CVE-2008-2105

email_in.pl in Bugzilla 2.23.4, 3.0.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before 3.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to more easily spoof the changer of a bug via a @reporter command in the body of an e-mail message, which overrides the e-mail address as normally obtained from the From e-mail header. NOTE: since From headers are easily spoofed, this only crosses privilege boundaries in environments that provide additional verification of e-mail addresses.

Published: 2008-05-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2105 is rated Low Risk (34.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2105

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.57% 0.97% +0.40%
2 2026-06-02 0.50% 0.57% +0.07%
3 2025-03-30 0.50%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2105

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2105

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2105

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2105
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-2105 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bugzilla), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2105

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2105

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla bugzilla 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.14 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.14.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.14.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.14.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.14.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.16_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.16_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.17.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.17.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.17.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.17.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.17.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.17.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.17.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.19.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.19.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.19.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.21.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.21.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.22 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.22 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.22:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.22.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.22.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.22.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.22.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.22.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.22.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.22.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.22.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.23 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.23.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.23.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.23.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.23.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.23.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.23.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.23.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2105

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