CVE-2024-4140

high

Description

An excessive memory use issue (CWE-770) exists in Email-MIME, before version 1.954, which can cause denial of service when parsing multipart MIME messages. The patch set (from 2020 and 2024) limits excessive depth and the total number of parts.

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/

https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80

https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66

https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/fc0fededd24a71ccc51bcd8b1e486385d09aae63

https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/b2cb62f19e12580dd235f79e2546d44a6bec54d1

https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/7e96ecfa1da44914a407f82ae98ba817bba08f2d

https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3dcf096eeccb8e4dd42738de676c8f4a5aa7a531

https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3a12edd119e493156a5a05e45dd50f4e36b702e8

https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/02bf3e26812c8f38a86a33c168571f9783365df2

https://bugs.debian.org/960062

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-05-02

Updated: 2024-06-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H