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CVE-2014-9116 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125	CVE	ExploitIssue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463	CVE	ExploitIssue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5	CVE	ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125	[email protected]	ExploitIssue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463	[email protected]	ExploitIssue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5	[email protected]	ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
suse linux enterprise desktop	12
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse suse linux enterprise server	12
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mutt mutt	1.5.23
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.23:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mageia mageia	4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 3, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 26, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 24, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 3, 2014	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 2, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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