# CVE-2017-14461: A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensi

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-03-02 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- The Dovecot Project Dovecot: 2.2.33.2

## Description

A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The Dovecot Project Dovecot, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201
- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510

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