CVE-2019-11500
high-risk
Published 2019-08-29
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.
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26.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 73% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: baf9232c12705b02bcfc12493f61e0f2d23612a0, 3c910f64bf3bd57cdf2703cf4c36c7613f1107f0, 7372921a72f6a01ac0708aa58827b3f935d45d39
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CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (4)
Affected Vendors
References (26)
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-29
Vendor Advisory
https://www.dovecot.org/security.html
and 6 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
15/34 · Moderate
Exposure
10/34 · Low