CVE-2024-4140

HIGH

Email-MIME < 1.954 - Denial of Service via Excessive Memory Use in MIME Message Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80
Mailing List issue-tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/960062
Third Party Advisory issue-tracking
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0113
EPSS Percentile 62.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora 39
fedoraproject/fedora 40
rjbs/email-mime < 1.954
Published May 02, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026