Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-8825
A null dereference vulnerability has been found in the MIME handling component of LibEtPan before 1.8, as used in MailCore and MailCore 2. A crash can occur in low-level/imf/mailimf.c during a failed parse of a Cc header containing multiple e-mail addresses.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-8825
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.20%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 57 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-8825
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
7.5
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
3.9
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3.6
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2017-8825
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A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2017-8825
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https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/issues/274
Segmentation faults in mime handling · Issue #274 · dinhviethoa/libetpan · GitHubThird Party Advisory
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https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/releases/tag/1.8
Release 1.8 · dinhviethoa/libetpan · GitHubRelease Notes;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/commit/1fe8fbc032ccda1db9af66d93016b49c16c1f22d
Fixed crash #274 · dinhviethoa/libetpan@1fe8fbc · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2017-8825
- cpe:2.3:a:libetpan_project:libetpan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*