Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-0394

Title: Citadel Smtp RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-0394

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Jan 23, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

11.95%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-0394: Buffer overflow in Citadel SMTP server 7.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long RCPT TO command, which is not properly handled by the makeuserkey function. NOTE: some of these details were obtained from third party information.

Impacted Vendors

citadel 1

bestwebsoft 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/28590 http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-vs-GNU-citadel.tar.gz http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27376 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019255 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0252 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39807 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4949 http://secunia.com/advisories/28590 http://www.milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-vs-GNU-citadel.tar.gz http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27376 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019255 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0252 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39807 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4949

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-0394 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4949

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 23, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.