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Roundcube Webmail EUVDEUVD-2026-107700

| CVE-2026-114723 LOW
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)
2026-10-22 mitre GHSA-f843-mx73-628v
3.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mitre
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Deliver crafted oversized-dimension image via email
  2. Delivery
    Victim opens attachment triggering thumbnailing
  3. Exploit
    Processing falls back to PHP GD
  4. Execution
    GD allocates memory without limit check
  5. Impact
    Server memory exhausted (DoS)

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource allocation limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a non-Windows server (Linux/Unix), because the pre-patch memory check in rcube_image::convert was gated by a 'WIN' PHP_OS test and skipped everywhere else. The thumbnail path must fall back to PHP GD (i.e. ImageMagick is not used for the conversion), and the attacker must supply an image whose large declared dimensions force GD to allocate excessive memory. Limiting factors: impact is availability-only (no data disclosure or code execution); the GD fallback must actually be in effect; and thumbnail generation is normally invoked when a logged-in user displays a message/attachment, so a victim action (opening the crafted message) is effectively needed despite the UI:N metric.

Impact

All signals point to a genuinely low-priority issue rather than a high-CVSS-but-overstated one. The vendor CVSS base score is 3.7 (LOW) with vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - there is NO confidentiality or integrity impact and only LOW availability impact (memory exhaustion), and attack complexity is HIGH because exploitation depends on the GD fallback path on a non-Windows host. There is no KEV listing, no public exploit identified, and no EPSS score was supplied in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified from the data given. One caveat: the vector asserts PR:N (unauthenticated), but Roundcube thumbnail generation is driven by a user viewing message attachments, so in practice a victim with an active session must open a crafted message - meaning real-world triggering likely involves user interaction and/or an authenticated session not reflected by the PR:N/UI:N metrics; verify with vendor. Net: a resource-exhaustion DoS of limited severity, worth patching in routine maintenance, not an emergency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker emails a Roundcube user a message containing a crafted image whose declared pixel dimensions are enormous. When the victim opens the message on a non-Windows server where thumbnail generation falls back to PHP GD, GD attempts to allocate memory for the full decoded image with no resource-limit check, exhausting server memory and degrading or crashing the service. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the attack produces only a transient denial of service.

Monitor Track and reassess. Why: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 22, 2026

Memory exhaustion in Roundcube Webmail before 1.6.20 and 1.7.x before 1.7.5 occurs when thumbnail generation falls back to PHP GD on non-Windows servers, where a crafted image with oversized dimensions is processed without the memory check that previously applied only on Windows. The flaw is availability-only, requires the GD fallback to be in effect and a victim to trigger thumbnail rendering (for example by opening a crafted message or attachment), and carries a low CVSS score of 3.7. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: Roundcube Webmail 1.6.20 and 1.7.5, which apply the memory check on all platforms; see the advisory at https://roundcube.net/news/2026/10/19/security-updates-1.6.20-and-1.7.5, the release tags https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.20 and https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.7.5, and the upstream commits https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/d28a5703294e971a577e3c4f7bfc33362e3f04cf and https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/0bea81121efd96f07432a837f391dbdd0dffa33f. If immediate upgrade is not possible, ensure ImageMagick is installed and configured so thumbnail generation does not fall back to GD, at the trade-off of adding an ImageMagick dependency and maintenance overhead, or disable thumbnail generation for untrusted image content, at the trade-off of user experience impact. Lowering the PHP memory_limit can convert exhaustion into a controlled PHP fatal error rather than full server memory pressure, but may affect other applications sharing the same PHP pool.

Affected VersionsENISA

Webmail 1.7.0 <1.7.5
Webmail 1.6.0 <1.6.20

Affected Packages

euvd webmail fix: 1.6.20, 1.7.5

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Roundcube's rcube_image::convert() path uses ImageMagick resource limits and a mem_check() helper before processing images. The pre-patch code gated mem_check() with a PHP_OS test for 'WIN', so Linux and Unix installations skipped the available-memory check when ImageMagick was unavailable and the code fell back to PHP GD. A crafted image declaring very large dimensions then forces GD to allocate excessive memory, exhausting server memory. This is CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling), and the affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. The assessed vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L reflects that exploitation is remote but constrained by the GD fallback requirement and a user action to trigger thumbnail generation; impact is limited to availability.

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Severity by source

Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY 3.7 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 3.1 LOW

AC:H for the GD-fallback/non-Windows precondition; UI:R because a user must open the crafted message to trigger thumbnailing; impact limited to A:L memory exhaustion, C/I none.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (mitre).

CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

DescriptionCVE.org

Roundcube Webmail before 1.6.20 and 1.7.x before 1.7.5 allows the ImageMagick resource limits to be bypassed during thumbnail generation. When rcube_image falls back to GD, the available-memory check was applied only on Windows, so on other platforms a crafted image with large dimensions was processed by GD without any resource limit and could exhaust server memory. Upstream fixed this in the commit “Fix ImageMagick resource limits bypass by GD fallback during thumbnail generation”, which applies the memory check on all platforms.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 75% exploitable
Prevalence
High
widely deployed open-source webmail, common in shared hosting and ISPs
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity LOW
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
High

Priority Score

18
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +18
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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