Security advisory

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  "id": "fe1154a21f5258a54f0c41473a9f32d8b57c4b5eb72cd9ad201ac19bc4193af7",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14230",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-14230",
    "summary": "In the mboxlist_do_find function in imap/mboxlist.c in Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.4, an off-by-one error in prefix calculation for the LIST command caused use of uninitialized memory, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a 'LIST \"\" \"Other Users\"' command.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-14230",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-14230"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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          "ranges": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "last_affected": "1b4c53fe2193c72657b6108ec2e44e3e20bee22c"
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                  "fixed": "6bd33275368edfa71ae117de895488584678ac79"
                }
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:imap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0.3"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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          "versions": [
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.3",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.2",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.1",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-rc4",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-rc3",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-rc2",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-rc1",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta6",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta5",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta4",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta3",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta2",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta1",
            "posttab",
            "pretab",
            "cyrus-imapd-2.5-snapshot-autoconf-and-automake",
            "cyrus-imapd-2.4.2",
            "cyrus-imapd-2.4.1",
            "cyrus-imapd-2.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14230.json",
            "vanir_signatures": [
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                "id": "CVE-2017-14230-c356bb58",
                "digest": {
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                "source": "https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/6bd33275368edfa71ae117de895488584678ac79",
                "target": {
                  "file": "imap/mboxlist.c",
                  "function": "mboxlist_do_find"
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                "deprecated": false,
                "signature_type": "Function",
                "signature_version": "v1"
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                },
                "source": "https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/6bd33275368edfa71ae117de895488584678ac79",
                "target": {
                  "file": "imap/mboxlist.c"
                },
                "deprecated": false,
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            "vanir_signatures_modified": "2026-10-20T13:17:05Z"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:17:05.046639923Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/cyrus-announce/2017-September/000145.html",
        "https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.4.html",
        "https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/issues/2132",
        "https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/6bd33275368edfa71ae117de895488584678ac79"
      ],
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2017-14230",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387442,
  "published_at": "2017-09-10T07:29:00.177+00:00"
}