FKIE_CVE-2024-21742

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-02-27 17:15 - Updated: 2025-05-06 14:15
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
Improper input validation allows for header injection in MIME4J library when using MIME4J DOM for composing message. This can be exploited by an attacker to add unintended headers to MIME messages.
References
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/nrqzg93219wdj056pqfszsd33dc54kfyMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/27/5Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread/nrqzg93219wdj056pqfszsd33dc54kfyMailing List, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache james_mime4j *
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  "lastModified": "2025-05-06T14:15:34.183",
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