ALPINE-CVE-2024-4140

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-4140
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2024-4140.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2024-4140
Upstream
Published
2024-05-02T20:15:07Z
Modified
2026-11-03T06:32:45Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.19
perl-email-mime

Package

Name
perl-email-mime
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-mime?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.954-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2024-4140.json"
Alpine:v3.20
perl-email-mime

Package

Name
perl-email-mime
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-mime?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.954-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2024-4140.json"
Alpine:v3.21
perl-email-mime

Package

Name
perl-email-mime
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-mime?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.954-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2024-4140.json"
Alpine:v3.22
perl-email-mime

Package

Name
perl-email-mime
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-mime?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.954-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2024-4140.json"
Alpine:v3.23
perl-email-mime

Package

Name
perl-email-mime
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-mime?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.954-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2024-4140.json"
Alpine:v3.24
perl-email-mime

Package

Name
perl-email-mime
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-mime?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.954-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2024-4140.json"