What is CVE-2024-49394?

CVE-2024-49394 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mutt, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-49394?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mutt

CVE-2024-49394

In mutt and neomutt the In-Reply-To email header field is not protected by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker to reuse an unencrypted but signed email message to impersonate the original sender.

EPSS: 0.003 (24.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mutt
Neomutt
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)
secalert@redhat.com
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-49394?: CVE-2024-49394 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mutt, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-49394?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.