The strchr function in procmime.c in Claws Mail (aka claws-mail) 3.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer…

Description

The strchr function in procmime.c in Claws Mail (aka claws-mail) 3.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted email.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (7)

• http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2743 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20121009 Claws-mail security issue in message processing (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2012:1374 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20121009 Re: CVE Request -- claws-mail -- NULL pointer derefence while processing email content. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20121009 CVE Request -- claws-mail -- NULL pointer derefence while processing email content. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 55837 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862578 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 20:35 UTC.