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    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 (crash) via a header with an empty body, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the mutt_substrdup function.

    Published:Nov 26, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Dec 2, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.02619
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Mageia
    Product
    Mageia
    Vendor
    Mutt
    Product
    Mutt
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Desktop
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Suse Linux Enterprise Server

    Exploits

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463

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    References

    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html
    http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04
    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html
    http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High