CVE-2020-16117

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
Description
In GNOME evolution-data-server before 3.35.91, a malicious server can crash the mail client with a NULL pointer dereference by sending an invalid (e.g., minimal) CAPABILITY line on a connection attempt. This is related to imapx_free_capability and imapx_connect_to_server.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-16117
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-07-29T18:15:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-11T17:29:31
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution-data-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.35.91
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/2cc39592b532cf0dc994fd3694b8e6bf924c9ab5 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/issues/189 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/627c3cdbfd077e59aa288c85ff8272950577f1d7 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16117
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16117
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:23:33 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 20:25:15 2020-07-29T18:15Z 2020-07-29T18:15:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 20:25:15 2020-08-11T17:29:31 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 20:25:15 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated