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.
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Information
Published : 2014-12-02 16:59
Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46
NVD link : CVE-2014-9116
Mitre link : CVE-2014-9116
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-9116
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
suse
- linux_enterprise_desktop
- suse_linux_enterprise_server
mutt
- mutt
mageia
- mageia
CWE
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer