CVE-2024-49393

In neomutt and mutt, the To and Cc email headers are not validated by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker that intercepts a message to change their value and include himself as a one of the recipients to compromise message confidentiality.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49393	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325317	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:neomutt:neomutt:-:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0::::-:::
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

History

16 Jul 2025, 12:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~7.4~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.5

Information

Published : 2024-11-12 02:15

Updated : 2025-07-16 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-49393

Mitre link : CVE-2024-49393

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-49393

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Products Affected

neomutt

neomutt

mutt

mutt

redhat

enterprise_linux

CWE

CWE-347

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

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