CVE-2020-10957

HIGH

Dovecot <2.3.10.1 - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Dovecot before 2.3.10.1, unauthenticated sending of malformed parameters to a NOOP command causes a NULL Pointer Dereference and crash in submission-login, submission, or lmtp.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://dovecot.org/security
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/18/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/18/1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4361-1/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/37
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4690

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0717
EPSS Percentile 93.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
dovecot/dovecot < 2.3.10.1
Published May 18, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026