# CVE-2020-16117: evolution: Evolution is a GNOME application that provides integrated email, calendar, contact management, and communications fun... CVE-2020-16117 is fixed in 15 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2021:1752, released May 18, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16117 - Priority: Routine - CVSS: 5.9 (Low) - EPSS: 0.0212 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: May 18, 2021 ## Description Evolution is a GNOME application that provides integrated email, calendar, contact management, and communications functionality. The evolution-data-server packages provide a unified back end for applications which interact with contacts, tasks and calendar information. Evolution Data Server was originally developed as a back end for the Evolution information management application, but is now used by various other applications. Security Fix(es): * evolution-data-server: NULL pointer dereference related to imapx_free_capability and imapx_connect_to_server (CVE-2020-16117) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section. ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | evolution RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-bogofilter RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-bogofilter ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server-devel RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server-devel ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server-doc RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server-doc ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server-langpacks RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server-langpacks ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server-perl RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server-perl ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server-tests RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-data-server-tests ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-15.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-devel RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-devel ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-ews RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-10.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-ews ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-10.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-ews-langpacks RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-10.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-ews-langpacks ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-10.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-help RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-help ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-langpacks RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-langpacks ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-pst RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-pst ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-spamassassin RHEL 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [RHSA-2021:1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-1752.md) | May 18, 2021 | | Linux | evolution-spamassassin ol 8 | 0:3.28.5-16.el8 | [ELSA-2021-1752](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-1752.md) | May 25, 2021 | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T06:59:42Z UTC. 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