CVE-2020-16118
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 29, 2020 at 05:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsLeapBackports SleBalsa
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In GNOME Balsa before 2.6.0, a malicious server operator or man in the middle can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and client crash by sending a PREAUTH response to imap_mbox_connect in libbalsa/imap/imap-handle.c.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.6.0
Affected range stops below 2.6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00035.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00045.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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