THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-0745
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-0745

Dovecot vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via long headers in an e-mail message.
Affected vendor
Dovecot
Affected product
Dovecot
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2010-05-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-0745

  • Confirm whether Dovecot Dovecot is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-0745.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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