CVE-2014-9116

Published: Dec 2, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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 with an empty body, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the mutt_substrdup function.

Affected (5)

Products: Suse: Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Mutt: Mutt · Debian: Debian Linux · +1 more

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Suse: Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Mutt: Mutt · Debian: Debian Linux · Mageia: Mageia

2 products

Linux Enterprise Desktop

Suse Linux Enterprise Server

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop	Version 12
Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server	Version 12

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mutt Mutt	Version 1.5.23

Configuration C

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 7.0

Configuration D

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mageia Mageia	Version 4.0

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (26)

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue Tracking

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue Tracking

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue Tracking

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue Tracking

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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