Buffer overflow in Mutt - CVE-2022-1328

Vulnerability identifier: #VU62357

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1328

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing email messages. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted message, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

Mutt
Amazon Linux AMI
Oracle Linux
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
mutt-patched (Ubuntu package)
mutt (Ubuntu package)
mutt-debugsource
mutt-debuginfo
mutt
mutt-doc
mutt-lang
mutt (Red Hat package)
mutt-help

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mutt - update to 2.2.3
mutt-patched (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6
mutt (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.6, 1.13.2-1ubuntu0.5, 2.0.5-4.1ubuntu0.1, 2.1.4-1ubuntu1.1
mutt-debugsource - addressed in versions 1.10.1-55.27.1, 1.10.1-150000.3.23.1
mutt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.10.1-55.27.1, 1.10.1-150000.3.23.1
mutt - addressed in versions 1.10.1-55.27.1, 1.10.1-150000.3.23.1
mutt-doc - update to 1.10.1-150000.3.23.1
mutt-lang - update to 1.10.1-150000.3.23.1
mutt (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.0.7-2.el8, 2.2.6-1.el9
mutt - update to 2.1.3-2
mutt-debuginfo - update to 2.1.3-2
mutt-debugsource - update to 2.1.3-2
mutt-help - update to 2.1.3-2
mutt - addressed in versions 2.2.3-1.fc36, 2.2.5-1.fc36

• https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/e5ed080c00e59701ca62ef9b2a6d2612ebf765a5
• https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues/404
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1328.json
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/14/3

• Remote code execution in Mutt
• Ubuntu update for mutt
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for mutt
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for mutt
• SUSE update for mutt
• SUSE update for mutt
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
• Amazon Linux AMI update for mutt
• openEuler update for mutt
• Fedora 36 update for mutt
• Fedora 36 update for mutt