CVE-2022-39052 (GCVE-0-2022-39052)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-17 08:55 – Updated: 2025-05-10 02:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
DoS attack using email
Summary
An external attacker is able to send a specially crafted email (with many recipients) and trigger a potential DoS of the system
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-10 02:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTRS AG | OTRS |
Affected:
7.0.x , ≤ 7.0.39
(custom)
Affected: 8.0.x , ≤ 8.0.26 (custom) |
guessed | |
| OTRS AG | ((OTRS)) Community Edition |
Affected:
6.0.1 , < 6.0.x*
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2022-10-17 00:00
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