{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:11",
        "name": "ssmtp"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.62-1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:12",
        "name": "ssmtp"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.62-1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:13",
        "name": "ssmtp"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.62-1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:14",
        "name": "ssmtp"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.62-1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "The from_format function in ssmtp.c in ssmtp 2.61 and 2.62, in certain configurations, uses uninitialized memory for the From: field of an e-mail message, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) in opportunistic circumstances by reading a message.",
  "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3962",
  "modified": "2026-04-28T19:53:18.398483256Z",
  "published": "2008-09-11T01:13:47.587Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3962"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2008-3962"
  ]
}