CVE-2014-9116 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the write_one_header function of Mutt 1.5.23, affecting products like Debian, Mageia, and SUSE. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) by sending a specially crafted header with an empty body. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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