Heap-based buffer overflow in Mutt - CVE-2014-9116
Published: December 2, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33286
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9116
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9116
Update to version 1.5.24.
Sources
- 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