rfc822.c in Mutt through 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mailbox unavailability) by sending email messages with sequences of semicolon characters in RFC822 address fields (aka terminators of empty groups). A small email message from the attacker can cause large memory consumption, and the victim may then be unable to see email messages from other persons.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade mutt | May 4, 2022 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade mutt | Feb 1, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade muttUpgrade mutt-debuginfo | Dec 7, 2022 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade mutt-debuginfoUpgrade muttUpgrade mutt-debugsource | Nov 10, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade mutt | Jan 22, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade mutt | Jan 24, 2021 | Jan 23, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-client/mutt. | Jan 26, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade mutt | Sep 16, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade mutt | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade mutt | Jul 19, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade mail/mutt to version 2.0.5-11.4.33.0.1.94.0 on Solaris 11.4 | May 19, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade mutt | Jul 22, 2024 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade mutt-debugsourceUpgrade mutt-debuginfoUpgrade mutt | Nov 10, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade mutt-debuginfoUpgrade muttUpgrade mutt-debugsource | Mar 12, 2024 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mutt-langUpgrade mutt-docUpgrade mutt | Jan 23, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade mutt | Jan 26, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
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