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.
CVE-2017-14461
MEDIUMNVD 5.97.1▲Elevated
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence
Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 5.9; sources differ by 1.2.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.9
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 17%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 7.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 96.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 2, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (14)
- talos-cna@ciscohttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201
- talos-cna@ciscohttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
- talos-cna@ciscohttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510
- talos-cna@ciscohttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/
- talos-cna@ciscohttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/
- talos-cna@ciscohttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130
- talos-cna@ciscohttps://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4130
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2018-February/000370.html
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2017-14461?
CVE-2017-14461 is a medium vulnerability published on March 2, 2018. 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…
When was CVE-2017-14461 disclosed?
CVE-2017-14461 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 2, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-14461 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-14461 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 96.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-14461?
CVE-2017-14461 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 7.1.
How do I remediate CVE-2017-14461?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-14461, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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