CVE-2024-4140

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2024-4140

Assigner
canonical

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-05-02T19:59:20.917Z

Last Modified Date
2024-06-18T18:10:53.933Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-770	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/770.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66	issue-tracking
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80	issue-tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/960062	issue-tracking
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140	issue-tracking
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3a12edd119e493156a5a05e45dd50f4e36b702e8	patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/7e96ecfa1da44914a407f82ae98ba817bba08f2d	patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/02bf3e26812c8f38a86a33c168571f9783365df2	patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/fc0fededd24a71ccc51bcd8b1e486385d09aae63	patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/b2cb62f19e12580dd235f79e2546d44a6bec54d1	patch
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3dcf096eeccb8e4dd42738de676c8f4a5aa7a531	patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC/

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4140
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-4140

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-06-23 22:11:30				Added to TrackCVE