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CVE-2010-0745

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0745 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Dovecot 1.2.x versions prior to 1.2.11, where remote attackers can trigger a denial of service by sending email messages with excessively long headers, leading to high CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0308 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0745Low

Dovecot: DoS (excessive CPU use) by processing email message with huge header

Mar 8, 2010

References

dovecot.org / list/dovecot-news/2010-March/000152.html
PatchVendor Advisory
dovecot.org / pipermail/dovecot/2010-February/047190.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
marc.info
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2010-0745
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/03/10/6
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1107
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1226