Unscored severity · published Dec 2, 2014
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…
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CVSS
9.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.7% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
12 · source: NVD
MA
Mageia · Mageia
4.0 · source: NVD
MU
Mutt · Mutt
1.5.23 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9116
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9116
Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html
Issue Tracking
http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083
Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245
Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078
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