CVE-2008-3607

Exp

The IMAP server in NoticeWare Email Server NG 4.6.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via multiple long LOGIN commands.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3607 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.67%). 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-2008-3607

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32194 exploit_db edb 2008-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3607

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 6.36% 2.67% -3.70%
2 2026-02-20 3.51% 6.36% +2.85%
3 2025-10-02 3.51%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3607

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3607

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3607

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
noticeware email_server <= 4.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
noticeware email_server 4.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:email_server:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3607

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