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1 vulnerability by rjbs

CVE-2024-4140 (GCVE-0-2024-4140)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-02 19:59 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:53
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rjbs Email-MIME Affected: 0 , < 1.954 (semver)
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Credits
Ricardo Signes Marc Bradshaw Miha Purg
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