EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
In Dovecot before 2.2.36.3 and 2.3.x before 2.3.5.1, a local attacker can cause a buffer overflow in the indexer-worker process, which can be used to elevate to root. This occurs because of missing checks in the fts and pop3-uidl components.
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1696152
dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-March/000403.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7524
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7524