VDB
CVE-2024-4140
CVE-2024-4140
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
EPSS 0.28% · 52.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.28%
52.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| rjbs | Email-MIME | 0 |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 39, 40 |
| rjbs | email_mime | 0 |
| rjbs | email-mime | 0 |
Timeline
- Jan 20, 1970 Fix PR Merged
- May 2, 2024 CVE Published
- May 3, 2024 EPSS Score
- May 27, 2024 EPSS Score
- Jun 21, 2024 EPSS Score
- Aug 8, 2024 EPSS Score
- Sep 2, 2024 EPSS Score
- Sep 26, 2024 EPSS Score
- Oct 4, 2024 Coalition ESS Score
- Oct 20, 2024 EPSS Score
- Dec 9, 2024 EPSS Score
- Jan 2, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66 issue
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80 issue
- https://bugs.debian.org/960062 issue
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140 issue
- 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/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC/ url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4140 advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC url