{"cve":"CVE-2022-28220","nvd":{"published":"2022-09-08T08:15:07.813","modified":"2026-06-17T04:38:10.730","status":"Modified","description":"Apache James prior to release 3.6.3 and 3.7.1 is vulnerable to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. Fix of CVE-2021-38542, which solved similar problem fron Apache James 3.6.1, is subject to a parser differential and do not take into account concurrent requests.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-77"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1","https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/20/1","https://james.apache.org/james/update/2022/08/26/james-3.7.1.html"],"products":["apache:james"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:35:14.992143698+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-28220","score":0.01989,"percentile":0.80638,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w45j-f5g5-w94x","summary":"Apache James vulnerable to buffering attack","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:46.088643165Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.james:james-server","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.james/james-server","ranges":["<3.6.3"],"fixed":["3.6.3"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.james:james-server","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.james/james-server","ranges":[">=3.7.0 <3.7.1"],"fixed":["3.7.1"]}]}],"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."]}