CVE-2014-9116
Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-245
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
3Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
La función write_one_header en mutt 1.5.23 no maneja correctamente los caracteres de línea nueva al inicio de una cabecera, lo que permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (caída) a través de una cabecera con el cuerpo vacío, lo que provoca un desbordamiento de buffer basado en memoria dinámica en la función mutt_substrdup.
Jakub Wilk discovered that the write_one_header function in mutt did not properly handle newline characters at the beginning of a header. An attacker could specially craft an email to cause mutt to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2014-11-26 CVE Reserved
- 2014-12-01 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-06 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
References (13)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266 | Third Party Advisory |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5 | 2024-08-06 | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125 | 2024-08-06 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463 | 2024-08-06 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716 | 2018-10-30 | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html | 2018-10-30 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083 | 2018-10-30 | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245 | 2018-10-30 | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078 | 2018-10-30 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04 | 2018-10-30 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Linux Enterprise Desktop Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop" | 12 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop" and version "12" | - |
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| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" | 12 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "12" | - |
Affected
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| Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" | Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" | 1.5.23 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version "1.5.23" | - |
Affected
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0" | - |
Affected
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| Mageia Search vendor "Mageia" | Mageia Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia" | 4.0 Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia" and version "4.0" | - |
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