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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-8825 · published 8 May 2017

CVE-2017-8825: Libetpan project libetpan null pointer dereference vulnerability

LLibetpan Project · Libetpan

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.

7.5 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 1.8% · top 21.9% CWE-476 · NULL pointer dereference
7.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
1.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/commit/1fe8fbc032ccda1db9af66d93016b49c16c1f22d PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/issues/274 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/releases/tag/1.8 Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/commit/1fe8fbc032ccda1db9af66d93016b49c16c1f22d PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/issues/274 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan/releases/tag/1.8 Release NotesThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-8825), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.