Medium severity · published Sep 9, 2023
CVE-2023-4874
Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12
6.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
MU
Mutt · Mutt
after 1.5.2 before 2.2.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4874
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4874
Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/452ee330e094bfc7c9a68555e5152b1826534555.patch
Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/a4752eb0ae0a521eec02e59e51ae5daedf74fda0.patch
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/26/6
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00021.html
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5494
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