What is CVE-2024-49393?

CVE-2024-49393 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mutt, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-49393?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mutt

CVE-2024-49393

In neomutt and mutt, the To and Cc email headers are not validated by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker that intercepts a message to change their value and include himself as a one of the recipients to compromise message confi…

EPSS: 0.003 (24.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mutt
Neomutt
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-49393?: CVE-2024-49393 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mutt, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-49393?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.