CVE-2024-37358

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.89% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

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

8.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–8.6

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.18.6highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security@apache.orgexploitability 3.9 · impact 4

v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-400USCWE-770USCWE-770US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache James server≤ 3.8.0 ≤3.8.1enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache James server≤ 0 ≤3.7.5enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation James≤ 3.7.6fstec_bduRU
Apache Software Foundation James3.8.0 → 3.8.2fstec_bduRU
apache james server< 3.7.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:james_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache james server3.8.0 → 3.8.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:james_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.james.protocols:protocols-imap< 3.7.6osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.james.protocols/protocols-imap
Maven org.apache.james.protocols:protocols-imap3.8.0 → 3.8.2osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.james.protocols/protocols-imap

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-56jp-w6vw-j3jwApache James vulnerable to denial of service through the use of IMAP literals2025-02-06ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-02-06modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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