CVE-2023-4874 : Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <

Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12

Published 2023-09-09 15:15:35

Updated 2024-08-29 15:15:17

Source GitLab Inc.

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Memory Corruption

Products affected by CVE-2023-4874

Debian » Debian Linux » Version: 10.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Debian » Debian Linux » Version: 11.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Debian » Debian Linux » Version: 12.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Mutt » Mutt
Versions after (>) 1.5.2 and before (<) 2.2.12
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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EPSS FAQ

0.07%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 32 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
4.3	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	2.8	1.4	GitLab Inc.
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: None Availability: Low
6.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	2.8	3.6	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: None Availability: High

CWE-475 Undefined Behavior for Input to API

The behavior of this function is undefined unless its control parameter is set to a specific value.

Assigned by: cve@gitlab.com (Secondary)
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

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