CVE-2020-25275
HIGHDovecot < 2.3.13 - Denial of Service via Crafted Email with MIME Parts
Title source: llmDescription
Dovecot before 2.3.13 has Improper Input Validation in lda, lmtp, and imap, leading to an application crash via a crafted email message with certain choices for ten thousand MIME parts.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://dovecot.org/security
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/3
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2021-January/000451.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4825
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/18
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160841/Dovecot-2.3.11.3-Denial-Of-Service.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-01
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GXDKFLOCUP7I4ELGQ2F4P5TGC6NXMYV7/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0466
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
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-20
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
dovecot/dovecot
< 2.3.13
fedoraproject/fedora
32
Published
Jan 04, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026