Critical severity · published Sep 10, 2017
CVE-2017-14230
In the mboxlist_do_find function in imap/mboxlist.c in Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.4, an off-by-one error in prefix calculation for the LIST command caused use of uninitialized memory,…
9.1
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the mboxlist_do_find function in imap/mboxlist.c in Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.4, an off-by-one error in prefix calculation for the LIST command caused use of uninitialized memory, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a 'LIST "" "Other Users"' command.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
Imap · Cyrus
through 3.0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14230
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14230
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/6bd33275368edfa71ae117de895488584678ac79
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/issues/2132
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/cyrus-announce/2017-September/000145.html
Release Notes
https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.4.html
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