VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-4041

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.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.0EPSS 2.35%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 2.35% probability · 84th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 2 September 2008
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-20
Affected: softalk mail server/softalk mail server
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-32310 source ↗	Softalk Mail Server 8.5.1 - 'APPEND' Remote Denial of Servicemultiple · Antunes	dos	2 September 2008	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.