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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1277 · published 10 March 2008

CVE-2008-1277: Mailenable enterprise improper input validation vulnerability

Mailenable · Mailenable Enterprise

The IMAP service (MEIMAPS.exe) in MailEnable Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition 3.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) SEARCH and (2) APPEND commands without required arguments, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

9.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 8.3% · top 5.3% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
9.0CVSS 2.0 base score
8.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The IMAP service (MEIMAPS.exe) in MailEnable Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition 3.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) SEARCH and (2) APPEND commands without required arguments, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

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

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/maildisable-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/29277 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3724
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489270/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28145 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019565
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0799/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41059
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/maildisable-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/29277 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3724
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489270/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28145 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019565
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0799/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41059

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-1277), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.