CVE-2017-8825 Null dereference in n/a
A null pointer dereference in LibEtPan's MIME handling allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted Cc headers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-8825?
CVE-2017-8825 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8825?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libetpan Project Libetpan.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8825?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2017-8825 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8825 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8825, GHSA-rrh2-wgj3-x946, MGASA-2017-0191, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8825.