CVE-2008-3606

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in Qbik WinGate 6.2.2.1137 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the LIST command. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-08-12 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3606 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 24.20%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-3606

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32195 exploit_db edb 2008-08-08 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3606

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 2026-06-01 27.56% 24.20% -3.36%
2 2026-02-23 14.21% 27.56% +13.35%
3 2025-10-02 14.21%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3606

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3606

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3606

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qbik wingate <= 6.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.1:beta_a:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.3.0:beta_a:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.3.0:beta_b:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.4.0:beta_a:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.5.0:beta_a:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.5.0:beta_b:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 4.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 5.0.1.766 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:5.0.1.766:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 5.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 5.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 5.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.0.0.984 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.0.0.984:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.0.1.993 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.0.1.993:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.0.1.995 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.0.1.995:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.0.2.1000 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.0.2.1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.0.2.1001 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.0.2.1001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.0.3.1005 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.0.3.1005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.0.4.1025 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.0.4.1025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.1.1.1077 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.1.1.1077:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.1.2.1094 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.1.2.1094:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.1.3.1096 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.1.3.1096:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qbik wingate 6.2.2.1137 cpe:2.3:a:qbik:wingate:6.2.2.1137:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3606

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