MGASA-2014-0141

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    MGASA-2014-0141

    Published: 31 Mar 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0467

    Summary: Updated mutt package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way mutt processed certain email headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed, could cause mutt to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running mutt (CVE-2014-0467).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0141.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13004, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0304.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mutt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/mutt?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.21-10.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    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