Use After Free Affecting dovecot package, versions <2.3.10.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.12% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-DOVECOT-14177064
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed18 May 2020

Introduced: 18 May 2020

CVE-2020-10958  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 dovecot to version 2.3.10.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot package and not the dovecot package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Dovecot before 2.3.10.1, a crafted SMTP/LMTP message triggers an unauthenticated use-after-free bug in submission-login, submission, or lmtp, and can lead to a crash under circumstances involving many newlines after a command.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1