CVE-2024-49394

Publication date 12 November 2024

Last updated 16 January 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

In mutt and neomutt the In-Reply-To email header field is not protected by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker to reuse an unencrypted but signed email message to impersonate the original sender.

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

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
22.04 LTS jammy
20.04 LTS focal
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable

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