CVE-2016-8652
mediumpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.482 · 99 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
48.2% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by aborting authentication without setting a username.
01
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.9
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6
02
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
03
affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
04
also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
05
sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
07
references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639cnnvd
- http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2016-December/000333.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/4enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/12enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94639enisa_euvd
scry
Attackers weaponise vulnerabilities like this against internet-exposed services. See what is exposed on your perimeter with a free passive scan.
Free scan