CVE-2020-7957

The IMAP and LMTP components in Dovecot 2.3.9 before 2.3.9.3 mishandle snippet generation when many characters must be read to compute the snippet and a…

Low · published February 12, 2020

CVSS v3.0
3.1
EPSS
2%
Percentile
79.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The IMAP and LMTP components in Dovecot 2.3.9 before 2.3.9.3 mishandle snippet generation when many characters must be read to compute the snippet and a trailing > character exists. This causes a denial of service in which the recipient cannot read all of their messages.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
3.1 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:N/A:L/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:R
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01877 · 79.3th percentile
Published
2020-02-12T16:50Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 FEB 16:50Z
    The IMAP and LMTP components in Dovecot 2.3.9 before 2.3.9.3 mishandle snippet generation when many characters must be read to compute the snippet and a…
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