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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-14954

When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, the client reads additional data (e.g., from a man-in-the-middle attacker) and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection."

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 2.29%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Mutt before 1.14.4 and NeoMutt before 2020-06-19 have a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, the client reads additional data (e.g., from a man-in-the-middle attacker) and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection."

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
2.29% probability · 82th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-74
Affected
mutt/mutt · debian/debian linux · neomutt/neomutt · fedoraproject/fedora · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.