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CVE-2024-49393

Nov. 14, 2024, 2:31 p.m.

CVSS Score

5.9 / 10

Products Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
mutt
  • mutt
  • -
neomutt
  • neomutt
  • -
redhat
  • enterprise_linux
  • 8.0, 9.0

Description

In neomutt and mutt, the To and Cc email headers are not validated by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker that intercepts a message to change their value and include himself as a one of the recipients to compromise message confidentiality.

Weaknesses

CWE-347
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

The product does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.

CWE ID: 347

Date

Published: Nov. 12, 2024, 2:15 a.m.

Last Modified: Nov. 14, 2024, 2:31 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

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

More info

Source

secalert@redhat.com

CPEs

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a mutt mutt - / / / / / / /
a neomutt neomutt - / / / / / / /
o redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 / / / - / / /
o redhat enterprise_linux 9.0 / / / / / / /

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score
5.9
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
Base Severity
MEDIUM
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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://access.redhat.com/ secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ secalert@redhat.com