Critical severity · published Nov 22, 2021
CVE-2021-44143
A flaw was found in mbsync in isync 1.4.0 through 1.4.3
9.8
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in mbsync in isync 1.4.0 through 1.4.3. Due to an unchecked condition, a malicious or compromised IMAP server could use a crafted mail message that lacks headers (i.e., one that starts with an empty line) to provoke a heap overflow, which could conceivably be exploited for remote code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35 · source: NVD
IS
Isync · Isync Project
1.4.0 through 1.4.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44143
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44143
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/03/2
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=999804
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CYZ2GNB4ZO2T27D2XNUWMCS3THZYSJQU/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LCBSY7OZ57XNC6ZYXF6WU5KBSWITZVDX/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-15
Patch
https://sourceforge.net/p/isync/isync/commit_browser
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