CVE-2008-4907 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.2% (pctl 93)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 6.2% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-11-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| dovecot | dovecot |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Dovecot 1.1.x - Invalid Message Address Parsing Denial of Service | 2008-10-30 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32479
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32677
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32479
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32677
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227
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