CVE-2020-16094 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Claws-mail

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Claws-mailFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedJul 28
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In imap_scan_tree_recursive in Claws Mail through 3.17.6, a malicious IMAP server can trigger stack consumption because of unlimited recursion into subdirectories during a rebuild of the folder tree.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianclaws-mail/claws-mail< 3.17.7-1+3

Also affects: Fedora 31, 32, 33

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-8f6j-9hh3-9c9x: In imap_scan_tree_recursive in Claws Mail through 3↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-16094: In imap_scan_tree_recursive in Claws Mail through 3↗2020-07-28
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CVEList
CVE-2020-16094: In imap_scan_tree_recursive in Claws Mail through 3↗2020-07-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2020-16094: claws-mail - In imap_scan_tree_recursive in Claws Mail through 3.17.6, a malicious IMAP serve...↗2020
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-16094 claws-mail: malicious IMAP server can trigger stack consumption↗2020-07-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-16094 claws-mail: malicious IMAP server can trigger stack consumption [fedora-all]↗2020-07-30
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