Buffer overflow in Mutt - CVE-2014-0467
Published: March 14, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32554
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0467
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mutt.org
Affected software:
Mutt
Mutt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Buffer overflow in copy.c in Mutt before 1.5.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted RFC2047 header line, related to address expansion.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0467
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00083.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00085.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0304.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2874
- http://www.mutt.org/doc/devel/ChangeLog
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66165
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029919
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2147-1