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isync — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3657

A flaw was found in mbsync versions prior to 1.4.4. Due to inadequate handling of extremely large (>=2GiB) IMAP literals, malicious or compromised IMAP servers, and hypothetically even external email senders, could cause several different buffer overflows, which could conceivably be exploited for remote code execution.

Products
isync
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.4.4-1
CVEs
CVE-2021-3657
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 02:01 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3657

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Feb 2022, 18:15 UTC

A flaw was found in mbsync versions prior to 1.4.4. Due to inadequate handling of extremely large (>=2GiB) IMAP literals, malicious or compromised IMAP servers, and hypothetically even external email senders, could cause several different buffer overflows, which could conceivably be exploited for remote code execution.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3657

isync

Fixed versions: 1.4.4-1

isync

Fixed versions: 1.4.4-1

isync

Fixed versions: 1.4.4-1

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:05:22.951680689Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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