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CVE-2010-2813: squirrelmail Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 19-08-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-2813 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in squirrelmail. EPSS estimates a 4.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.05%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-2091-1RHSA-2012:0103

Timeline

  1. 19-08-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.05%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.05% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.05%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Squirrelmail1 product
  • squirrelmail≤ 1.4.20 | 1.4 | 1.4:rc1 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0:rc1 | 1.4.0:rc2a | 1.4.0-r1 | 1.4.0_rc1 | 1.4.0_rc2a | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2-r1 | 1.4.2-r2 | 1.4.2-r3 | 1.4.2-r4 | 1.4.2-r5 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.3:r3 | 1.4.3:rc1 | 1.4.3_r3 | 1.4.3_rc1 | 1.4.3_rc1:r1 | 1.4.3a | 1.4.3aa | 1.4.4 | 1.4.4:rc1 | 1.4.4_rc1 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.5:rc1 | 1.4.5_rc1 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.6:rc1 | 1.4.6_cvs | 1.4.6_rc1 | 1.4.7 | 1.4.8 | 1.4.8.4fc6 | 1.4.9 | 1.4.9a | 1.4.10 | 1.4.10a | 1.4.11 | 1.4.12 | 1.4.13 | 1.4.15 | 1.4.15:rc1 | 1.4.15_rc1 | 1.4.15rc1 | 1.4.16 | 1.4.17 | 1.4.18 | 1.4.19 | 1.4_rc1

1 vendor · 1 product

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