VDB
CVE-2020-16118
CVE-2020-16118
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
EPSS 2.05% · 79.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
2.05%
79.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | balsa | 0, 2.4.12-1, 2.4.12-2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | balsa | 0, 2.5.3-2build3, 2.5.3-4 |
Timeline
- Jul 29, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 7, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16118 third-party-advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5 third-party-advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16118 third-party-advisory