VDB
CVE-2017-14461
CVE-2017-14461
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 16.68% · 96.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
16.68%
96.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | dovecot | 1:2.2.18-2ubuntu2, 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu1, 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | dovecot | 0, 1:2.1.7-7ubuntu3, 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- Sep 15, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 14, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14461 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/01/2 third-party-advisory
- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3587-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3587-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14461 third-party-advisory