| Name | CVE-2024-4140 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 960062 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libemail-mime-perl (PTS) | bullseye | 1.949-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.953-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.954-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - libemail-mime-perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - libemail-mime-perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - libemail-mime-perl <postponed> (Minor issue; OOM DoS)
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/issues/66
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/pull/80
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/fc0fededd24a71ccc51bcd8b1e486385d09aae63 (1.954)
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-MIME/commit/b2cb62f19e12580dd235f79e2546d44a6bec54d1 (1.954)