CVE-2017-14461

mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.167 · 97 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
16.7% (97th) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Is it mine?
22 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.5–7.1

v2.05.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 4.9
v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 4.2
v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Hsecondary · talos-cna@cisco.com USexploitability 1.6 · impact 4.2
v3.06.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.17.1highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-125USprimaryCWE-200USprimaryCWE-125US
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affected products (22)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2025-0244Dovecot: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2018-03-05csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dovecot ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

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also known as (4)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2018-03-02modified 2026-06-17
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references (21)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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