{"cve":"CVE-2012-2124","nvd":{"published":"2013-01-18T11:48:39.840","modified":"2026-06-16T23:41:02.357","status":"Modified","description":"functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not properly handle 8-bit characters in passwords, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by making many IMAP login attempts with different usernames, leading to the creation of many preference files.  NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2813.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/51730","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/20/22","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814671","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0126.html"],"products":["redhat:enterprise_linux","squirrelmail:squirrelmail"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:27:27.940201468+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2124","score":0.02451,"percentile":0.84386,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}