Vulnerability in Dovecot

CVE-2019-10691

The JSON encoder in Dovecot before 2.3.5.2 allows attackers to repeatedly crash the authentication service by attempting to authenticate with an invalid UTF-8 sequence as the username.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (85.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-10691: held from 0.028 to 0.028.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10691?
CVE-2019-10691 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dovecot. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-10691?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.