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CVE-2019-7524
In Dovecot before 2.2.36.3 and 2.3.x before 2.3.5.1, a local attacker can cause a buffer overflow in the indexer-worker process, which can…
High8.8EPSS 1.2%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
In Dovecot before 2.2.36.3 and 2.3.x before 2.3.5.1, a local attacker can cause a buffer overflow in the indexer-worker process, which can be used to elevate to root. This occurs because of missing checks in the fts and pop3-uidl components.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| mitreCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- https://dovecot.org/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20190328 CVE-2019-7524: Buffer overflow when reading extension header from dovecot index files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20190328 [SECURITY] [DSA 4418-1] dovecot security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-4418 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190329 [SECURITY] [DLA 1736-1] dovecot security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3928-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 107672 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1212 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201904-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-9e004decea (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-1b61a528dd (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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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