CVE-2024-49393

Publication date 12 November 2024

Last updated 16 December 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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 confidentiality.

Read the notes from the security team

Why is this CVE low priority?

This is a longstanding limitation of PGP-encrypted mail and is an enhancement rather than an actual vulnerability.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mutt	24.10 oracular	Ignored no fix planned
	24.04 LTS noble	Ignored no fix planned
	22.04 LTS jammy	Ignored no fix planned
	20.04 LTS focal	Ignored no fix planned
	18.04 LTS bionic	Ignored no fix planned
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored no fix planned
neomutt	24.10 oracular	Vulnerable
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable

Notes

john-breton

Mutt project does not plan to address CVE-2024-49393, CVE-2024-49394, and CVE-2024-49395.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N