CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-16117
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-07-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
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.
Affected configurations
• gnome evolution-data-server (< 3.35.91)
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/2cc39592b532cf0dc994fd3694b8e6bf924c9ab5 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/627c3cdbfd077e59aa288c85ff8272950577f1d7 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/issues/189 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/2cc39592b532cf0dc994fd3694b8e6bf924c9ab5 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/627c3cdbfd077e59aa288c85ff8272950577f1d7 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/issues/189 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory