A null dereference vulnerability has been found in the MIME handling component of…
Priority LOW 37CWE-476Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
A null dereference vulnerability has been found in the MIME handling component of LibEtPan before 1.8, as used in MailCore and MailCore 2. A crash can occur in low-level/imf/mailimf.c during a failed parse of a Cc header containing multiple e-mail addresses.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01836 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:libetpan_project:libetpan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.7.2 | Vulnerable | Libetpan Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:libetpan_project:libetpan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.7.2 Vulnerable ·Libetpan Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8825
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rrh2-wgj3-x946
References
More Libetpan Project Libetpan vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03768 NULL pointer dereference in libetpan CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2020-12565 LibEtPan through 1.9.4, as used in MailCore 2 through 0.6.3 and other products, has a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
Sources
- CVE-2017-8825 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-8825 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rrh2-wgj3-x946 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-8825 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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