CVE-2021-46853

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Published Nov 3, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Alpine before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) when LIST or LSUB is sent before STARTTLS.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:alpine_project:alpine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-33507	Alpine before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) when LIST or LSUB is sent before STARTTLS.
Ubuntu USN	USN-7360-1	Alpine vulnerabilities

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.147% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.gentoo.org/807613
https://nostarttls.secvuln.info/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-07

History

May 5, 2025 2:15 PM Weaknesses updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-367
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Alpine Project Alpine

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 5, 2025, 1:38 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 3, 2022, 12:00 AM
Updated: May 5, 2025, 1:38 PM
Reserved: Nov 3, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 5:17 AM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 5:17 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:15 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 3, 2022, 6:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:15 AM

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