7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2017-8825
LibEtPan MIME Handler Null Dereference Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 8, 2017, 4:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-8825 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Libetpan_project libetpan
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2017-8825 vulnerability.
Update the affected libetpan packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-8825 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-8825.

URL Resource
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/commit/1fe8fbc032ccda1db9af66d93016b49c16c1f22d Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/issues/274 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/releases/tag/1.8 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/commit/1fe8fbc032ccda1db9af66d93016b49c16c1f22d Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/issues/274 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/releases/tag/1.8 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-8825 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-8825 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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rwhitworth/fuzzing-utils

Summer of 2017 fuzzing project

Perl Shell C

Updated: 5 years, 6 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 10, 2017, 12:33 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-8825 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-8825 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/commit/1fe8fbc032ccda1db9af66d93016b49c16c1f22d
    Added Reference https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/issues/274
    Added Reference https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/releases/tag/1.8
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/issues/274 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/issues/274 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/releases/tag/1.8 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/releases/tag/1.8 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/commit/1fe8fbc032ccda1db9af66d93016b49c16c1f22d No Types Assigned https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/commit/1fe8fbc032ccda1db9af66d93016b49c16c1f22d Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libetpan_project:libetpan:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.54 }} 0.13%

score

0.66762

percentile