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CVE-2012-2124
functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not properly handle 8-bit characters…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.5%
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Description
functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, 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 preference files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2813.
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)
- 2.5% · top 16% of all CVEs (2 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
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References (4)
- 51730 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120420 CVE-2012-2124 assignment notification: squirrelmail: CVE-2010-2813 not fixed in RHSA-2012:0103 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
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