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CVE-2011-1720

MEDPOCPostfix
score
<0.1
cvss
6.8
epss
21.5%
published
2011-05-13
kev added
—
first seen

Postfix < 2.5.13, 2.6.x < 2.6.10, 2.7.x < 2.7.4, 2.8.x < 2.8.3 contains a denial of service caused by heap memory corruption in SMTP server when certain Cyrus SASL authentication methods are enabled, letting remote attackers cause daemon crash or execute arbitrary code via invalid AUTH commands, exploit requires sending mismatched AUTH commands.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2011-05-13 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxT2026-10-21 — Public PoCXscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 21.5%2026-09-23: epss 21.5%2026-09-24: epss 21.5%2026-09-25: epss 21.5%2026-09-26: epss 21.5%2026-09-27: epss 21.5%2026-09-28: epss 21.5%2026-09-29: epss 21.5%2026-09-30: epss 21.5%2026-10-01: epss 21.5%2026-10-02: epss 21.5%2026-10-03: epss 21.5%2026-10-04: epss 21.5%2026-10-05: epss 21.5%2026-10-06: epss 21.5%2026-10-07: epss 21.5%2026-10-08: epss 21.5%2026-10-09: epss 21.5%2026-10-10: epss 21.5%2026-10-11: epss 21.5%2026-10-12: epss 21.5%2026-10-13: epss 21.5%2026-10-14: epss 21.5%2026-10-15: epss 21.5%2026-10-16: epss 21.5%2026-10-18: epss 21.5%2026-10-19: epss 21.5%2026-10-20: epss 21.5%2026-10-21: epss 21.5%21.5%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx
  3. Public PoC

Exploit availability

Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

References 18