CVE-2008-6185

Exp

NoticeWare Email Server NG 5.1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via multiple POP3 requests with a long PASS command.

Published: 2009-02-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6185 is rated Exploit Available (59.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.70%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6185

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6719 exploit_db edb 2008-10-10 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6185

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 7.69% 2.70% -4.99%
2 2026-04-11 7.02% 7.69% +0.68%
3 2026-02-19 — 7.02% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6185

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-2008-6185

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6185

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
noticeware noticeware_email_server_ng 5.1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:noticeware:noticeware_email_server_ng:5.1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6185

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