VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2019-11500
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability62.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-08-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In Dovecot before 2.2.36.4 and 2.3.x before 2.3.7.2 (and Pigeonhole before 0.5.7.2), protocol processing can fail for quoted strings. This occurs because '\0' characters are mishandled, and can lead to out-of-bounds writes and remote code execution.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory