VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 9.69%
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
- 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
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. Refreshed daily.