CVE-2014-9116
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
Product
Mutt
PublishedDec 2, 2014
First seenDec 2, 2014
How to fix
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Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| mutt mutt | 1.5.23 | — |
| suse linux_enterprise_desktop | 12 | — |
| suse suse_linux_enterprise_server | 12 | — |
| debian debian_linux | 7.0 | — |
| mageia mageia | 4.0 | — |
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