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ALPINE-CVE-2017-14461

ALPINE-CVE-2017-14461 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.099999904632568 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
7.099999904632568
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.19dovecot2.2.9-r0, 0, 1.1.11-r0
Alpine:v3.10dovecot1.1.11-r0, 2.2.9-r0, 2.2.8-r0
Alpine:v3.16dovecot2.2.9-r0, 0, 1.1.11-r0
Alpine:v3.23dovecot1.1.11-r0, 2.2.9-r0, 2.2.8-r0
Alpine:v3.14dovecot2.2.34-r0, 1.1.11-r0, 1.1.11-r1
Alpine:v3.13dovecot2.2.9-r0, 1.1.13-r0, 1.1.14-r1
Alpine:v3.7dovecot2.1.10-r1, 1.1.11-r1, 0
Alpine:v3.9dovecot1.2.5-r0, 1.2.4-r1, 1.2.4-r0
Alpine:v3.11dovecot2.2.25-r1, 2.2.9-r0, 2.2.8-r0
Alpine:v3.18dovecot2.1.10-r1, 2.1.10-r0, 2.2.9-r0
Alpine:v3.12dovecot2.2.25-r0, 2.2.8-r0, 2.2.7-r0
Alpine:v3.20dovecot2.1.10-r1, 2.1.12-r0, 2.1.13-r0
Alpine:v3.22dovecot2.0.15-r0, 2.2.9-r0, 2.2.8-r0
Alpine:v3.21dovecot2.2.9-r0, 2.2.8-r0, 2.2.7-r0
Alpine:v3.17dovecot2.2.9-r0, 1.1.11-r0, 1.1.11-r1
Alpine:v3.15dovecot2.2.9-r0, 0, 1.1.11-r0
Alpine:v3.8dovecot1.1.11-r0, 1.1.11-r1, 1.1.13-r0

Timeline

  • Mar 2, 2018 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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