Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-3481

Title: Cmu Cyrus Imap Server Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-3481.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Sep 14, 2011

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.02%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-3481: The index_get_ids function in index.c in imapd in Cyrus IMAP Server before 2.4.11, when server-side threading is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted References header in an e-mail message.

Impacted Vendors

carnegie_mellon_university 1

cmu 1

Reference Links

http://bugzilla.cyrusimap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2772 http://bugzilla.cyrusimap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3463 http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-imapd/commit/?id=6e776956a1a9dfa58eacdd0ddd52644009eac9e5 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:037 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1508.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69842 http://bugzilla.cyrusimap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2772 http://bugzilla.cyrusimap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3463 http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-imapd/commit/?id=6e776956a1a9dfa58eacdd0ddd52644009eac9e5 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:037 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1508.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69842

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-3481 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 14, 2011 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.