{
    "id": "CVE-2008-4907",
    "published": "2008-11-04 00:58:40",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:58:44",
    "cvss_score": "4.3",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "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.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.06203",
    "epss_percentile": "0.93292",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:07",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "dovecot",
            "product": "dovecot"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "32551",
            "title": "Dovecot 1.1.x - Invalid Message Address Parsing Denial of Service",
            "date": "2008-10-30",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32551"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}