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CVE-2008-5514

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 1.76%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-12-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-5514
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
1.76%

Original NVD Description

Off-by-one error in the rfc822_output_char function in the RFC822BUFFER routines in the University of Washington (UW) c-client library, as used by the UW IMAP toolkit before imap-2007e and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail message that triggers a buffer overflow.