CVE-2016-10727 describes a critical vulnerability in the IMAPx component of GNOME evolution-data-server, affecting versions before 3.21.2, as well as Canonical Evolution and Ubuntu Linux. The flaw allows cleartext transmission of passwords when a client requests STARTTLS but the server fails to establish it, making sensitive information vulnerable to network sniffing. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
< 3.21.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.