CVE-2020-16118
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.62%
Description
In GNOME Balsa before 2.6.0, a malicious server operator or man in the middle can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and client crash by sending a PREAUTH response to imap_mbox_connect in libbalsa/imap/imap-handle.c.
How to fix CVE-2020-16118
To remediate CVE-2020-16118, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/balsa—upgrade to 2.6.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-16118 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.6.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |