VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-8652

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability48.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-02-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by aborting authentication without setting a username.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references