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CVE-2023-4874
Undefined Behavior for Input to API in Mutt
Medium4.3EPSS 0.85%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitLab
Description
Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.85% · top 42% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to version 2.2.12
References (5)
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/452ee330e094bfc7c9a68555e5152b1826534555.patch (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/a4752eb0ae0a521eec02e59e51ae5daedf74fda0.patch (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5494 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/26/6 (opens in a new tab)x_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)
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