UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4874

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4874

    Published: 9 Sept 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-4874

    Summary:

    Details: Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4874, https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/452ee330e094bfc7c9a68555e5152b1826534555, https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/a4752eb0ae0a521eec02e59e51ae5daedf74fda0, http://lists.mutt.org/pipermail/mutt-announce/Week-of-Mon-20230904/000056.html, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/09/1, https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/a4752eb0ae0a521eec02e59e51ae5daedf74fda0.patch, https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/452ee330e094bfc7c9a68555e5152b1826534555.patch, https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5494, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6374-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6374-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4874

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mutt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm3

    Affected versions

    1.5.23-3.1ubuntu1
    1.5.23-3.1ubuntu2
    1.5.24-1
    1.5.24-1build1
    1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1
    1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2
    1.5.24-1ubuntu0.3
    1.5.24-1ubuntu0.4
    1.5.24-1ubuntu0.5
    1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6
    1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2

    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
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