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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DSA-3083-1 | mutt security update |
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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. |
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USN-2440-1 | Mutt vulnerability |
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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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Status : Deferred
Published: 2014-12-02T16:59:08.150
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2014-9116


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