CVE-2008-4041

Softalk Mail Server 8.5.1.431 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-4041. PoCs published by Antunes.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in Softalk Mail Server due to inadequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. The exploit involves sending a malformed APPEND command to crash the application, with potential for arbitrary code execution unconfirmed.

Description

The IMAP server in Softalk Mail Server (formerly WorkgroupMail) 8.5.1.431 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and daemon crash) via a long IMAP APPEND command with certain repeated parameters.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Antunes · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32310

The provided text describes a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in Softalk Mail Server due to inadequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. The exploit involves sending a malformed APPEND command to crash the application, with potential for arbitrary code execution unconfirmed.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Softalk Mail Server 8.5.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the Softalk Mail Server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30970
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4238
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495896/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44862
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31715

Scores

EPSS 0.0235
EPSS Percentile 81.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
softalk_mail_server/softalk_mail_server 8.5.1.431
Published Sep 11, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026