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CVE-2008-4907

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2008-11-04 Modified: 2026-06-16

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."

Affected Platforms

Dovecot Dovecot

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References