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title: "CVE-2015-8077\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8077?format=md
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# CVE-2015-8077

Publication date 3 December 2015

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Integer overflow in the index\_urlfetch function in imap/index.c in Cyrus
IMAP 2.3.19, 2.4.18, and 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified
impact via vectors related to urlfetch range checks and the start\_octet
variable. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for
CVE-2015-8076.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cyrus-imapd-2.4 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Not in release |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| cyrus-imapd | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8077?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| cyrus-imapd-2.4 | * Upstream:   [?id=745](https://cyrus.foundation/cyrus-imapd/commit/?id=745e161c834f1eb6d62fc14477f51dae799e1e08) |
| cyrus-imapd | * Upstream:   [?id=745](https://cyrus.foundation/cyrus-imapd/commit/?id=745e161c834f1eb6d62fc14477f51dae799e1e08) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8077)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8077)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-8077)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8077)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8077>