CVE-2014-9116
The write_one_header function in mutt 1.5.23 does not properly handle newline characters at the beginning of a header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a header with an empty body, which triggers a heap-based buffer…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (9.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The write_one_header function in mutt 1.5.23 does not properly handle newline characters at the beginning of a header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a header with an empty body, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the mutt_substrdup function.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 9.69% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/suse linux enterprise server · mutt/mutt · debian/debian linux · mageia/mageia
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 9.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.