CVE-2024-4140

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

7.5
High

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Email-MIME
  • before 1.954

Weaknesses

References

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

Tags

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

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10

CVSS Data

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
    • View Vector String

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

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

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