CVE-2022-39052 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-39052

DoS attack using email

Vulnerability Description

An external attacker is able to send a specially crafted email (with many recipients) and trigger a potential DoS of the system

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

OTRS, ((OTRS)) Community Edition
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.x, 8.0.x, 6.0.1

Timeline

Official Publish: October 17th, 2022
Last Modified: May 10th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-835

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact