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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3083-1 mutt security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8942 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2440-1 Mutt vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:33:13.432Z

Reserved: 2014-11-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9116

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-12-02T16:59:08.150

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9116

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-11-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9116 - Bugzilla

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