CVE-2024-37358

HIGH

Apache James Server < 3.7.6 - Denial of Service via IMAP Literals Abuse

Title source: llm

Description

Similarly to CVE-2024-34055, Apache James is vulnerable to denial of service through the abuse of IMAP literals from both authenticated and unauthenticated users, which could be used to cause unbounded memory allocation and very long computations Version 3.7.6 and 3.8.2 restrict such illegitimate use of IMAP literals.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://lists.apache.org/thread/1pxsh11v5s3fkvhnqvkmlqwt3fgpcrqc

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6

EPSS 0.0076

EPSS Percentile 73.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-770

Status published

Products (2)

apache/james_server < 3.7.6

org.apache.james.protocols/protocols-imap 0 - 3.7.6Maven

Published Feb 06, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026