CVE-2008-4907 (GCVE-0-2008-4907)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-04 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:31
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."
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