Mutt
CVE-2022-1328
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Buffer copy size validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Buffer Overflow in uudecoder in Mutt affecting all versions starting from 0.94.13 before 2.2.3 allows read past end of input line. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.
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This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. Buffer Overflow in uudecoder in Mutt affecting all versions starting from 0.94.13 before 2.2.3 allows read past end of input line Affected products include: Mutt, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora. Version information: before 2.2.3.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Buffer Overflow in uudecoder in Mutt affecting all versions starting from 0.94.13 before 2.2.3 allows read past end of input line
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vu
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vu
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vu
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vu
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vu
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vu
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vu
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vu
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vu
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vu
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vu
The write_one_header function in mutt 1.5.23 does not properly handle newline characters at the beginning of a header, w
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