Buffer Overflow in Mutt Email Client by Mutt, Inc.
CVE-2014-9116

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Key Information:

Vendor: Suse
Status: Linux Enterprise Desktop; Suse Linux Enterprise Server
Vendor: CVE Published:; 2 December 2014

What is CVE-2014-9116?

The Mutt email client version 1.5.23 is susceptible to a buffer overflow vulnerability triggered by improperly handled newline characters in header fields. Attackers can exploit this flaw by crafting malicious email headers containing empty bodies, resulting in a denial-of-service condition due to heap-based memory corruption within the mutt_substrdup function. This can lead to application crashes, disrupting email service for users. Users are urged to apply patches and updates immediately to mitigate potential risks.

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