Is CVE-2008-1277 actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1277 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2026-04-23.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1277?

CVE-2008-1277 has a CVSS score of 9 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C.

How do I patch CVE-2008-1277?

Patch guidance is available from mailenable security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2008-1277.

CVE-2008-1277 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2008-1277?

2 products: mailenable mailenable enterprise, mailenable mailenable professional.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: single
Confidentiality: complete
Integrity: complete
Availability: complete
Weaknesses: CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

Metadata

Primary Vendor: MAILENABLE
Published: 3/10/2008
Last Modified: 4/23/2026
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2008-1277

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Executive Summary