{"cve":"CVE-2008-5005","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-10T14:12:56.140","modified":"2026-06-16T22:58:55.813","status":"Modified","description":"Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2002 through 2007c, (2) University of Washington Alpine 2.00 and earlier, and (3) Panda IMAP allow (a) local users to gain privileges by specifying a long folder extension argument on the command line to the tmail or dmail program; and (b) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending e-mail to a destination mailbox name composed of a username and '+' character followed by a long string, processed by the tmail or possibly dmail program.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html","http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html","http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122572590212610&w=4","http://panda.com/imap/","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0275.html"],"products":["university_of_washington:alpine","university_of_washington:imap_toolkit"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5005","score":0.06355,"percentile":0.93643,"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."]}