CVE-2008-4907
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 6.2%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 6.2% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4886)
- Published
- November 4, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4886 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32479(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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