CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-11500

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2019-08-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-08-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

In Dovecot before 2.2.36.4 and 2.3.x before 2.3.7.2 (and Pigeonhole before 0.5.7.2), protocol processing can fail for quoted strings. This occurs because '\0' characters are mishandled, and can lead to out-of-bounds writes and remote code execution.

Affected configurations

• dovecot dovecot (< 2.2.36.4) • dovecot dovecot (>= 2.3.0 < 2.3.7.2) • dovecot pigeonhole (< 0.5.7.2) • debian debian linux 8.0 • fedoraproject fedora 30

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References