CVE-2020-16118 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Balsa

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Gnome BalsaOpensuse Backports SLEOpensuse Leap
Timeline
PublishedJul 29
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In GNOME Balsa before 2.6.0, a malicious server operator or man in the middle can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and client crash by sending a PREAUTH response to imap_mbox_connect in libbalsa/imap/imap-handle.c.

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 Packages4 packages

▶NVDgnome/balsa< 2.6.0
▶Debiangnome/balsa< 2.6.0-1+3
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1

Patches

Patch: gitlab.gnome.org ↗Patch: gitlab.gnome.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c2wx-fcx5-8pm2: In GNOME Balsa before 2↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-16118: In GNOME Balsa before 2↗2020-07-29
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CVEList
CVE-2020-16118: In GNOME Balsa before 2↗2020-07-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2020-16118: balsa - In GNOME Balsa before 2.6.0, a malicious server operator or man in the middle ca...↗2020
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