{"cve":"CVE-2017-14461","nvd":{"published":"2018-03-02T15:29:00.210","modified":"2026-06-17T01:06:11.440","status":"Modified","description":"A specially crafted email delivered over SMTP and passed on to Dovecot by MTA can trigger an out of bounds read resulting in potential sensitive information disclosure and denial of service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted email message to the server.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-125","CWE-200"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103201","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00036.html","https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0510","https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-1/","https://usn.ubuntu.com/3587-2/"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","dovecot:dovecot","ubuntu:ubuntu"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:48:50.842038930+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-14461","score":0.16677,"percentile":0.97026,"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."]}