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CVE-2017-14230

CRITICAL
9.1CVSS
Published: 2017-09-10
Updated: 2025-04-20
AI Analysis

Description

In the mboxlist_do_find function in imap/mboxlist.c in Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.4, an off-by-one error in prefix calculation for the LIST command caused use of uninitialized memory, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a 'LIST "" "Other Users"' command.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Metadata

Primary Vendor
CYRUS
Published
9/10/2017
Last Modified
4/20/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

cyrus : imap

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