CVE-2024-49395

Publication date 12 November 2024

Last updated 16 December 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

In mutt and neomutt, PGP encryption does not use the --hidden-recipient mode which may leak the Bcc email header field by inferring from the recipients info.

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	Needs evaluation
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation

Notes

john-breton

Mutt project does not plan to address CVE-2024-49393, CVE-2024-49394, and CVE-2024-49395. Neomutt is planning to fix CVE-2024-49395, but it is low priority and no concrete date for a fix was stated (possibly April 2025).

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N