CVE catalog
CVE-2014-9116
mutt: CVE-2014-9116
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 9.69% · Oct 25, 2026
The write_one_header function in mutt 1.5.23 does not properly handle newline characters at the beginning of a header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a header with an empty body, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the mutt_substrdup function.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mutt | sid | 2.4.1-1.1 | fixed |
| Debian | mutt | forky | 2.4.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | mutt | trixie | 2.2.13-1+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | mutt | trixie-security | 2.2.13-1+deb13u2 | fixed |
| Debian | mutt | bookworm | 2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| Debian | mutt | bookworm-security | 2.2.9-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mutt | 14.04 | 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mutt | 14.04 | 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mutt | 14.04 | 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mutt | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mutt | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mutt | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mutt | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.6.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mutt | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.6.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mutt | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.6.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mutt | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 | 1.10.1-3.3.4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mutt | 14.04 | 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mutt | 14.04 | 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mutt | 14.04 | 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mutt | source | sid | 1.5.23-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [771125] |
| Debian | mutt | source | forky | 1.5.23-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [771125] |
| Debian | mutt | source | trixie | 1.5.23-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [771125] |
| Debian | mutt | source | bookworm | 1.5.23-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [771125] |
| Ubuntu | mutt | deb | 14.04 | 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1 | Not reported | USN-2440-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mutt | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mutt | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mutt | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mutt | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.6.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2019:1196-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mutt | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.6.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2019:1196-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mutt | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 1.10.1-55.6.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2019:1196-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mutt | rpm | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 | 1.10.1-3.3.4 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:2085-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mutt | deb | 14.04 | 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9116 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [mutt]Unknown
Details (4)
2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.5.23-2dsa · mutt · debian · bookworm; dsa · mutt · debian · 12
2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.5.23-2dsa · mutt · debian · bookworm; dsa · mutt · debian · 12
2.2.9-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.5.23-2dsa · mutt · debian · bookworm; dsa · mutt · debian · 12
2.2.9-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.5.23-2dsa · mutt · debian · bookworm; dsa · mutt · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [mutt]Unknown
Details (3)
2.2.13-1+deb13u1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.5.23-2dsa · mutt · debian · 13
2.2.13-1+deb13u1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.5.23-2dsa · mutt · debian · 13
2.2.13-1+deb13u2· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.5.23-2dsa · mutt · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2015_0758-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9116]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-100-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3083-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2085-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:1196-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9116]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2440-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9116]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2014/cve-2014-9116.json]
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