CVE-2017-14461
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: March 2, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:06 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxDovecotUbuntu
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 17%
Description
A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.htmlx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.htmlCVSS
5.9MEDIUMtalos
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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