CVE-2014-9116

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.

Weakness classification

• CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
• cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
• cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking
• cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking