VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-40110

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.95%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-01-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In Apache James, using Jazzer fuzzer, we identified that an IMAP user can craft IMAP LIST commands to orchestrate a Denial Of Service using a vulnerable Regular expression. This affected Apache James prior to 3.6.1 We recommend upgrading to Apache James 3.6.1 or higher , which enforce the use of RE2J regular expression engine to execute regex in linear time without back-tracking.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references