Name: CVE-2020-16118: NULL Pointer Dereference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-16118, CWE-476, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00451

In GNOME Balsa before 2.6.0, a malicious server operator or man in the middle can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and client crash by sending a PREAUTH response to imap_mbox_connect in libbalsa/imap/imap-handle.c.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade balsa	Jul 30, 2024	Jul 29, 2020
Suse	—	Upgrade balsa-langUpgrade balsa	Aug 15, 2020	Jul 29, 2020

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CVSS Details

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