CVE-2020-16117
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 1.6%evolution-data-server - security update
Published: 7/29/2020Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In GNOME evolution-data-server before 3.35.91, a malicious server can crash the mail client with a NULL pointer dereference by sending an invalid (e.g., minimal) CAPABILITY line on a connection attempt. This is related to imapx_free_capability and imapx_connect_to_server.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/evolution-data-serverfrom 0, < 3.36.0-1
- Debian/evolution-data-serverfrom 0, < 3.22.7-1+deb9u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |