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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-21 15:51 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
rjbs Email-MIME Affected: 0 , < 1.954 (semver)
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rjbs email_mime Affected: 0 , < 1.954 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:rjbs:email_mime:1.954:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Ricardo Signes Marc Bradshaw Miha Purg
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