CVE-2017-14230

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    CVE-2017-14230

    Published: 10 Sept 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In the mboxlist_do_find function in imap/mboxlist.c in Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.4, an off-by-one error in prefix calculation for the LIST command caused use of uninitialized memory, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a 'LIST "" "Other Users"' command.

    References: https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/cyrus-announce/2017-September/000145.html, https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.4.html, https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/issues/2132, https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/6bd33275368edfa71ae117de895488584678ac79

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    cyrus-imapd-3.0.3
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.2
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.1
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-rc4
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-rc3
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-rc2
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-rc1
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta6
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta5
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta4
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta3
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta2
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High