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7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2024-4140
Email-MIME Excessive Memory Parsing Denial of Service
Description

An excessive memory use issue (CWE-770) exists in Email-MIME, before version 1.954, which can cause denial of service when parsing multipart MIME messages. The patch set (from 2020 and 2024) limits excessive depth and the total number of parts.

INFO

Published Date :

May 2, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 26, 2025, 5:21 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-4140 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 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Rjbs email-mime
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • There is no known solution at this time.
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-2024-4140.

URL Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/960062 Mailing List
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/02bf3e26812c8f38a86a33c168571f9783365df2 Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3a12edd119e493156a5a05e45dd50f4e36b702e8 Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3dcf096eeccb8e4dd42738de676c8f4a5aa7a531 Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/7e96ecfa1da44914a407f82ae98ba817bba08f2d Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/b2cb62f19e12580dd235f79e2546d44a6bec54d1 Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/fc0fededd24a71ccc51bcd8b1e486385d09aae63 Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80 Issue Tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC/ Mailing List
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/960062 Mailing List
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/02bf3e26812c8f38a86a33c168571f9783365df2 Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3a12edd119e493156a5a05e45dd50f4e36b702e8 Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3dcf096eeccb8e4dd42738de676c8f4a5aa7a531 Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/7e96ecfa1da44914a407f82ae98ba817bba08f2d Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/b2cb62f19e12580dd235f79e2546d44a6bec54d1 Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/fc0fededd24a71ccc51bcd8b1e486385d09aae63 Patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80 Issue Tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC/ Mailing List
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-4140 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-4140 weaknesses.

CAPEC-125: Flooding Flooding CAPEC-130: Excessive Allocation Excessive Allocation CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death XML Ping of the Death CAPEC-197: Exponential Data Expansion Exponential Data Expansion CAPEC-229: Serialized Data Parameter Blowup Serialized Data Parameter Blowup CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-469: HTTP DoS HTTP DoS CAPEC-482: TCP Flood TCP Flood CAPEC-486: UDP Flood UDP Flood CAPEC-487: ICMP Flood ICMP Flood CAPEC-488: HTTP Flood HTTP Flood CAPEC-489: SSL Flood SSL Flood CAPEC-490: Amplification Amplification CAPEC-491: Quadratic Data Expansion Quadratic Data Expansion CAPEC-493: SOAP Array Blowup SOAP Array Blowup CAPEC-494: TCP Fragmentation TCP Fragmentation CAPEC-495: UDP Fragmentation UDP Fragmentation CAPEC-496: ICMP Fragmentation ICMP Fragmentation CAPEC-528: XML Flood XML Flood

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-2024-4140 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-4140 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.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 26, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rjbs:email-mime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.954
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://bugs.debian.org/960062 Types: Mailing List
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://bugs.debian.org/960062 Types: Mailing List
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/02bf3e26812c8f38a86a33c168571f9783365df2 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/02bf3e26812c8f38a86a33c168571f9783365df2 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3a12edd119e493156a5a05e45dd50f4e36b702e8 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3a12edd119e493156a5a05e45dd50f4e36b702e8 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3dcf096eeccb8e4dd42738de676c8f4a5aa7a531 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3dcf096eeccb8e4dd42738de676c8f4a5aa7a531 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/7e96ecfa1da44914a407f82ae98ba817bba08f2d Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/7e96ecfa1da44914a407f82ae98ba817bba08f2d Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/b2cb62f19e12580dd235f79e2546d44a6bec54d1 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/b2cb62f19e12580dd235f79e2546d44a6bec54d1 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/fc0fededd24a71ccc51bcd8b1e486385d09aae63 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/fc0fededd24a71ccc51bcd8b1e486385d09aae63 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66 Types: Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66 Types: Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80 Types: Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80 Types: Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/ Types: Mailing List
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/ Types: Mailing List
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC/ Types: Mailing List
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC/ Types: Mailing List
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140 Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140 Types: Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugs.debian.org/960062
    Added Reference https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/02bf3e26812c8f38a86a33c168571f9783365df2
    Added Reference https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3a12edd119e493156a5a05e45dd50f4e36b702e8
    Added Reference https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3dcf096eeccb8e4dd42738de676c8f4a5aa7a531
    Added Reference https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/7e96ecfa1da44914a407f82ae98ba817bba08f2d
    Added Reference https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/b2cb62f19e12580dd235f79e2546d44a6bec54d1
    Added Reference https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/fc0fededd24a71ccc51bcd8b1e486385d09aae63
    Added Reference https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66
    Added Reference https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC/
    Added Reference https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC/ [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 02, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3a12edd119e493156a5a05e45dd50f4e36b702e8 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/7e96ecfa1da44914a407f82ae98ba817bba08f2d [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/02bf3e26812c8f38a86a33c168571f9783365df2 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/fc0fededd24a71ccc51bcd8b1e486385d09aae63 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/b2cb62f19e12580dd235f79e2546d44a6bec54d1 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3dcf096eeccb8e4dd42738de676c8f4a5aa7a531 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    May. 02, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description An excessive memory use issue (CWE-770) exists in Email-MIME, before version 1.954, which can cause denial of service when parsing multipart MIME messages. The patch set (from 2020 and 2024) limits excessive depth and the total number of parts.
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://bugs.debian.org/960062 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Canonical Ltd. CWE-770
    Added CVSS V3.1 Canonical Ltd. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
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