CVE-2017-14461
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.1)—
A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 17%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 97
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-125
- CWE-125, CWE-200
Referencias
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130
- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130
- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html
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