#VU33286 Heap-based buffer overflow in Mutt - CVE-2014-9116
Published: December 2, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33286
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Mutt
Mutt
Software vendor:
Mutt.org
Mutt.org
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.
Remediation
Update to version 1.5.24.
External links
- 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