PT-2023-4937 · Mutt+9 · Mutt+9

Chenyuan Mi + 1 · Published 2023-09-03 · Updated 2024-08-29 · CVE-2023-4875

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mutt versions 1.5.2 through 2.2.12

Description The issue is related to a null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message. This can potentially allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is associated with errors in handling message headers.

Recommendations For Mutt versions 1.5.2 through 2.2.12, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of draft messages from untrusted sources until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

CWE-475

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:2290

ALSA-2024:3058

AZL-28699

BDU:2023-05450

CESA-2024_3058

CVE-2023-4875

DLA-3574-1

DSA-5494-1

INFSA-2024_2290

INFSA-2024_3058

MGASA-2024-0175

OESA-2023-1660

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3826-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13222-1

RHSA-2024:2290

RHSA-2024:3058

RHSA-2024_2290

RHSA-2024_3058

RLSA-2024:3058

SUSE-SU-2023:3702-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3826-1

USN-6374-1

USN-6374-2

Affected Products

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Linuxmint

Mutt

Red Hat

Red Os

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 68

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/4xxx/CVE-2023-4875.json · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4874 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6374-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-2290.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3574-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3702-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6374-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-28699 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5494-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2024:3058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4875 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2024-0175 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6374-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2024:2290 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4875 · Vendor Advisory