CVE-2017-14230

CVSS V2 Medium 6.4 CVSS V3 Critical 9.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-14230
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-09-10T07:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-21T14:19:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:imap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.1
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.4.html Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/cyrus-announce/2017-September/000145.html Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/issues/2132 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/6bd33275368edfa71ae117de895488584678ac79 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14230
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14230
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:29:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:45:07 2017-09-10T07:29Z 2017-09-10T07:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:45:07 2017-09-21T14:19:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:45:07 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated