CVE-2020-16117: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In GNOME evolution-data-server before 3.35.91, a malicious server can crash the mail client with a NULL pointer dereference by sending an invalid (e.g., minimal) CAPABILITY line on a connection attempt. This is related to imapx_free_capability and imapx_connect_to_server.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only
  • Gnome Evolution-Data-Server: before 3.35.91 (fixed in 3.35.91)

Published 2020-07-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.