Is CVE-2008-1648 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-1648 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-1648?

CVE-2008-1648 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-1648?

CVE-2008-1648 has an EPSS score of 2.15% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1648?

Upgrade sympa on debian 11 to 5.3.4-4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-1648

MEDIUMEPSS 80th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Sympa before 5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an e-mail message with a malformed value of the Content-Type header and unspecified other headers. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

sympaDebian

Fixed in:5.3.4-4CVE-2008-1648

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

sourcesup.cru.fr

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references7

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-3400	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-7600	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-3452	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.