CVE-2020-16094

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In imap_scan_tree_recursive in Claws Mail through 3.17.6, a malicious IMAP server can trigger stack consumption because of unlimited recursion into subdirectories during a rebuild of the folder tree.

En imap_scan_tree_recursive en Claws Mail versiones hasta 3.17.6, un servidor IMAP malicioso puede desencadenar un consumo de pila debido a la recursividad ilimitada en subdirectorios durante una recompilación del árbol de carpetas

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-07-28 CVE Reserved
2020-07-28 CVE Published
2023-11-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4313	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3CRKHUOVTJBHT53J4CYU53PXYYQKSGEA	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JUBLHUG2UCXVABAGN5FVTD3AB3YKE5NN	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YNJIXYDMSXYDII4ERMQ4EEKZX64U3QR4	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Claws-mail Search vendor "Claws-mail"		Claws-mail Search vendor "Claws-mail" for product "Claws-mail"				<= 3.17.6 Search vendor "Claws-mail" for product "Claws-mail" and version " <= 3.17.6"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				31 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "31"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				32 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "32"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				33 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33"		-		Affected