CVE-2024-4140

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

Tags

2024-05-02
CWE-770
CVE-2024-4140
security@ubuntu.com

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

Email-MIME

  • before 1.954

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.

Weaknesses

Date

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

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

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@ubuntu.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability Score
Impact Score
Base Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://bugs.debian.org/960062
security@ubuntu.com
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66
security@ubuntu.com
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80
security@ubuntu.com
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140
security@ubuntu.com