CVE-2008-4907

The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

6.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 93th percentile

Published

2008-11-04

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32551

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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