CVE-2014-9116
The 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
02 Description
The 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 9.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-12-02 16:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-11-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 06f27d5b1195c9dd132c69567cec23760b25a460c96f482981bc4acacb72d4a5
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:0012http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html
- www.securitytracker.com1031266http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266
- dev.mutt.orghttp://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141127 CVE request: mutt: heap-based buffer overflow in mutt_substrdup()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:078http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141126 Re: CVE request: mutt: heap-based buffer overflow in mutt_substrdup()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9
- www.securityfocus.com71334http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334
- www.debian.orgDSA-3083http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2014:245http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.23-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.23-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.23-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.