CVE-2020-16094 describes a stack consumption vulnerability in Claws Mail versions through 3.17.6, affecting claws-mail and fedora distributions. A malicious IMAP server can exploit this by triggering unlimited recursion during folder tree rebuilds, leading to a denial-of-service condition. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) requires no user interaction and has low attack complexity, but there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.17.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:claws-mail:claws-mail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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