CVE-2011-3208
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.4%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the split_wildmats function in nntpd.c in nntpd in Cyrus IMAP Server before 2.3.17 and 2.4.x before 2.4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted NNTP command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.4% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-3172)
- Published
- September 14, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-3172 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cmu / cyrus imap server
- cmu / cyrus imap server
- cmu / cyrus imap server
- cmu / cyrus imap server
- cmu / cyrus imap server
- cmu / cyrus imap server
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- cmu / cyrus imap server
- cmu / cyrus imap server
References
- http://asg.andrew.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-announce&msg=199
- http://asg.andrew.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-announce&msg=200
- http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-imapd/commit/?id=0f8f026699829b65733c3081657b24e2174f4f4d(Patch)
- http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-imapd/commit/?id=3244c18c928fa331f6927e2b8146abe90feafddd(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-09/msg00019.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45938(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45975(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46064(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1026031
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2318
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:149
- http://www.osvdb.org/75307
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1317.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49534
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734926(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69679
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/11723935
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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