CVE-2011-1929
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1927)
- Published
- May 24, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1927 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dovecot / dovecot
- dovecot / dovecot
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- dovecot / dovecot
References
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html(Patch)
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html(Patch)
- http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/3698dfe0f21c(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061384.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060815.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060825.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/4(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/3(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/6(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/72495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44712
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44756
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44771
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44827
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2252
- http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2
- http://www.dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-2.0
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:101
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1187.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47930
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1143-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706286(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67589
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8581790
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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