Vulnerability details

CVE-2024-37358

Apache Software Foundation Apache James server

Apache James: denial of service through the use of IMAP literals

CVSS 3.1
8.6High

Official description

Similarly to CVE-2024-34055, Apache James is vulnerable to denial of service through the abuse of IMAP literals from both authenticated and unauthenticated users, which could be used to cause unbounded memory allocation and very long computations Version 3.7.6 and 3.8.2 restrict such illegitimate use of IMAP literals.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.6High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (apache) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Apache Software Foundation Apache James server v ≤ 3.7.5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache James server 3.8.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.8.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2025-02-06
Last updated
2025-09-01
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
apache

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.88%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
59.4%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-770
    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling