FKIE_CVE-2008-4907
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-11-04 00:58 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:58
Severity
Summary
The message parsing feature in Dovecot 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, when using the FETCH ENVELOPE command in the IMAP client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via an email with a malformed From address, which triggers an assertion error, aka "invalid message address parsing bug."
References
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