{"cve":"CVE-2008-2829","nvd":{"published":"2008-06-23T20:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:54:34.197","status":"Modified","description":"php_imap.c in PHP 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 4.x, and other versions, uses obsolete API calls that allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP request, which triggers an \"rfc822.c legacy routine buffer overflow\" error message, related to the rfc822_write_address function.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42862","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","php:php"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2829","score":0.05265,"percentile":0.92555,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}