Heap-based buffer overflow in Mutt - CVE-2014-9116

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in The write_one_header function in mutt 1.5.23 does not properly handle newline characters at the beginning of a header, which. A remote attacker can use a header with an empty body to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2014-9116

External 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

Related Security Bulletins

• Heap-based buffer overflow in Mutt
• OpenSUSE Linux update for mutt
• SUSE Linux update for mutt
• Heap-based buffer overflow in mutt (Alpine package)
• Gentoo update for Mutt
• Slackware Linux update for mutt
• Fedora 21 update for mutt