CVE-2014-9116
Mutt Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 2, 2014, 4:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 30, 2018, 4:27 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2014-9116 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9116
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2014-9116.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245 | Broken Link |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078 | Broken Link |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125 | Exploit Issue Tracking |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463 | Exploit Issue Tracking |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04 |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2014-9116 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2014-9116 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 29, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Changed Reference Type http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716 No Types Assigned http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125 Exploit https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125 Issue Tracking, Exploit Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5 Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Exploit Changed Reference Type http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html No Types Assigned http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083 Vendor Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463 Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463 Issue Tracking, Exploit Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 03, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 26, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245 Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 24, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716 Exploit http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716 No Types Assigned -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 02, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5 Exploit Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083 Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125 Exploit Changed Reference Type http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716 No Types Assigned http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716 Exploit Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463 Exploit Added CWE CWE-119
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-9116 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-9116
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.45 }} 0.06%
score
0.86795
percentile