5.0
MEDIUM
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 :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:20 a.m.

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. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9116 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Suse suse_linux_enterprise_server
2 Suse linux_enterprise_desktop
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Mutt mutt
1 Mageia mageia
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
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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Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago
90 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : Aug. 27, 2015, 12:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 332 different CVEs too.

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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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0509.html
    Added Reference http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00002.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3083
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:245
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:078
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/5
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/9
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71334
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031266
    Added Reference https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168463
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04
  • 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
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.85 }} 0.40%

score

0.88006

percentile

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