Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2009-2632

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2632 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the SIEVE script component of Cyrus IMAP Server (versions 2.2.13 and 2.3.14) and Dovecot (versions 1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1.7). This flaw, stemming from incorrect use of sizeof and an integer signedness error, allows local users to execute arbitrary code and manipulate messages through a crafted SIEVE script. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it indicates a local attack vector with medium complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cmu:cyrus_imap_server:2.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cmu:cyrus_imap_server:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cyrus-imapd-0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cyrus-imapd-0:2.3.7-7.el5_4.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2632Important

cyrus-imapd: buffer overflow in cyrus sieve

Sep 7, 2009

References

dovecot.org / list/dovecot-news/2009-September/000135.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu / cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sieve/script.c.diff
secunia.com / advisories/36629
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36632
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36698
secunia.com / advisories/36713
secunia.com / advisories/36904
lists.andrew.cmu.edu / pipermail/cyrus-cvs/2009-September/001253.html
lists.andrew.cmu.edu / pipermail/cyrus-cvs/2009-September/001254.html
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10082
support.apple.com / kb/HT4077
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00491.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1881
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/3
osvdb.org / 58103
securityfocus.com / bid/36296
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/36377
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-838-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2559
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2641