CVE-2024-4140
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-4140.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-4140
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2024-05-02T19:59:20.917Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-12T03:51:38.664634128Z
- Severity
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- 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
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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.
- Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-770" ], "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/4xxx/CVE-2024-4140.json", "cna_assigner": "canonical" }- References
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- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YHXHDLPZ6JV4KK3Q43O6TE3WOBAIUQRC/
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/4xxx/CVE-2024-4140.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4140
- https://bugs.debian.org/960062
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4140
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/02bf3e26812c8f38a86a33c168571f9783365df2
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3a12edd119e493156a5a05e45dd50f4e36b702e8
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/3dcf096eeccb8e4dd42738de676c8f4a5aa7a531
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/7e96ecfa1da44914a407f82ae98ba817bba08f2d
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/b2cb62f19e12580dd235f79e2546d44a6bec54d1
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/fc0fededd24a71ccc51bcd8b1e486385d09aae63
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME
Affected packages
Git / github.com/rjbs/email-mime
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/rjbs/email-mime
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedFixedFixedFixedFixedFixedFixed
- Database specific
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Show details
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rjbs:email-mime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "1.954" } ], "source": [ "CPE_RANGE", "REFERENCES" ] }
Affected versions
1.*
1.862
1.863
1.900
1.901
1.902
1.903
1.904
1.905
1.906
1.907
1.908
1.909
1.910
1.911
1.912_01
1.920
1.921
1.922
1.923
1.924
1.925
1.926
1.927
1.928
1.929
1.930
1.931
1.932
1.933
1.934
1.935
1.936
1.937
1.938
1.939
1.940
1.941
1.944
1.945
1.946
1.947
1.948
1.949
1.950
1.951
1.952
1.953