Bug 2238240 (CVE-2023-4874)

Summary:	CVE-2023-4874 mutt: null pointer dereference
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	ybuenos
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	mutt 2.2.12	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A null pointer dereference flaw was found in mutt when handling specially crafted characters. This issue could allow an attacker to send a specially crafted email that causes the email client to crash when reading or processing the email.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2238550
Bug Blocks:	2238238

Description ybuenos 2023-09-10 19:33:48 UTC

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

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/a4752eb0ae0a521eec02e59e51ae5daedf74fda0.patch
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/452ee330e094bfc7c9a68555e5152b1826534555.patch

Comment 2 Sandipan Roy 2023-09-12 12:17:31 UTC

Created mutt tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2238550]

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 10:01:50 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:2290 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2290

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2024-05-22 09:42:35 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:3058 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3058