NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting mutt package, versions <5:2.0.7-3.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-MUTT-5893008
  • published 12 Sep 2023
  • disclosed 9 Sep 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 mutt to version 5:2.0.7-3.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:3058.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mutt package and not the mutt package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

5.7 medium
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SUSE

2.2 low