CVE-2011-3208

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the split_wildmats function in nntpd.c in nntpd in Cyrus IMAP Server before 2.3.17 and 2.4.x before 2.4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted NNTP command.

Affected products

Cmu Cyrus Imap Server: through 2.3.16; 2.0.17, 2.1.16, 2.1.17, 2.1.18, 2.2.8, 2.2.9 (+33)

References

http://asg.andrew.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-announce&msg=199
http://asg.andrew.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-announce&msg=200
http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-imapd/commit/?id=0f8f026699829b65733c3081657b24e2174f4f4d
http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-imapd/commit/?id=3244c18c928fa331f6927e2b8146abe90feafddd
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-09/msg00019.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/45938
http://secunia.com/advisories/45975
http://secunia.com/advisories/46064
http://securitytracker.com/id?1026031
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2318
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:149
http://www.osvdb.org/75307

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