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CVE-2010-2813
functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 does not properly handle 8-bit characters in passwords, which allows remote…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.0%
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- mitre
Description
functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.21 does not properly handle 8-bit characters in passwords, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by making many IMAP login attempts with different usernames, leading to the creation of many preferences files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (15)
- FEDORA-2010-11422 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- squirrelmail-imap-dos(61124) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-11410 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?view=patch&r1=13972&r2=13971&pathrev=13972 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2091 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2012-02-01-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 40964 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2080 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 42399 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 40971 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2010-07-23 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2070 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=618096 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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