UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16117
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16117
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16117.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16117
- Upstream
- Published
- 2020-07-29T18:15:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-18T16:45:59Z
- Severity
-
- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - low
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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 imapxfreecapability and imapxconnectto_server.
- References
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- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16117
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/2cc39592b532cf0dc994fd3694b8e6bf924c9ab5
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/627c3cdbfd077e59aa288c85ff8272950577f1d7
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/issues/189
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16117
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / evolution-data-server
Package
- Name
- evolution-data-server
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/evolution-data-server@3.18.5-1ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial