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CVE-2013-2111: dovecot Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2013-2111
Published 27-05-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-2111 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in dovecot. EPSS estimates a 2.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-05-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The IMAP functionality in Dovecot before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via invalid APPEND parameters.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.43% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.43%

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

Dovecot1 product
  • dovecotEOL≤ 2.2.1 | 2.2:rc1 | 2.2:rc2 | 2.2:rc3 | 2.2:rc4 | 2.2:rc5 | 2.2:rc6 | 2.2:rc7 | 2.2.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • dovecot< 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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