DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16117

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16117 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM

In GNOME evolution-data-server before 3.35.91, a malicious server can crash the mail client with a NULL pointer dereference by sending an invalid (e.g., minimal) CAPABILITY line on a connection attempt. This is related to imapx_free_capability and imapx_connect_to_server.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

5.900000095367432

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	evolution-data-server	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	evolution-data-server	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	evolution-data-server	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	evolution-data-server	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Jul 29, 2020 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16117 advisory

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