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CVE-2024-37358

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-37358 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache James Server versions prior to 3.7.6 and 3.8.2. Attackers, both authenticated and unauthenticated, can exploit this by abusing IMAP literals to trigger unbounded memory allocation and lengthy computations. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability requires no user interaction and can lead to a complete denial of service. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:james_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.8.0, < 3.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:james_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.6HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0086 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.james.protocols:protocols-imapFixed in: 3.7.6
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.james.protocols:protocols-imapFixed in: 3.8.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-56jp-w6vw-j3jwhigh

Apache James vulnerable to denial of service through the use of IMAP literals

Feb 6, 2025

References

lists.apache.org / thread/1pxsh11v5s3fkvhnqvkmlqwt3fgpcrqc
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