CVE-2014-9116

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9116
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-02 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionThe write_one_header function in mutt 1.5.23 does not properly handle newline characters at the beginning of a header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a header with an empty body, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the mutt_substrdup function.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All
Application Mutt Mutt 1.5.23 All All All
Application Mutt Mutt 1.5.23 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:245 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Broken Link
#3716 (mutt: write_one_header can call mutt_substrdup with begin > end, leading to crash) – Mutt CONFIRM dev.mutt.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3083-1 mutt DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0012-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Mutt 'mutt_substrdup()' Function Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Mutt: Heap-based buffer overflow (GLSA 201701-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE request: mutt: heap-based buffer overflow in mutt_substrdup() MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1168463 – CVE-2014-9116 mutt: incorrect use of mutt_substrdup() in write_one_header() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking
oss-security - Re: CVE request: mutt: heap-based buffer overflow in mutt_substrdup() MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
#771125 - mutt: CVE-2014-9116: write_one_header can call mutt_substrdup with begin > end, leading to crash - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Exploit, Issue Tracking
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:078 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0509 - Updated mutt packages fix CVE-2014-9116 CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
Mutt Buffer Overflow in mutt_substrdup() Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710536 Gentoo Linux Mutt Heap-based buffer overflow Vulnerability (GLSA 201701-04)
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