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CVE-2024-37358: Apache James: denial of service through the use of IMAP literals

8.6 CVSS

Description

Similarly to CVE-2024-34055, Apache James is vulnerable to denial of service through the abuse of IMAP literals from both authenticated and unauthenticated users, which could be used to cause unbounded memory allocation and very long computations

Version 3.7.6 and 3.8.2 restrict such illegitimate use of IMAP literals.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-37358

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.6

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Apache Software Foundation

Product: Apache James server

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.87% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-07 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/1pxsh11v5s3fkvhnqvkmlqwt3fgpcrqc

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