CVE-2024-21742 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper input validation allows for header injection in MIME4J library when using MIME4J DOM for composing message. This can be exploited by an attacker to add unintended headers to MIME messages.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apache	James Mime4j

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:james_mime4j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/27/5
https://lists.apache.org/thread/nrqzg93219wdj056pqfszsd33dc54kfy
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21742
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21742

History

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apache Apache james Mime4j
Weaknesses		CWE-74
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:apache:james_mime4j::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apache Apache james Mime4j
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}`

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	Improper input validation allows for header injection in MIME4J library when using MIME4J DOM for composing message. This can be exploited by an attacker to add unintended headers to MIME messages.	Improper input validation allows for header injection in MIME4J library when using MIME4J DOM for composing message. This can be exploited by an attacker to add unintended headers to MIME messages.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2024-02-27T16:21:16.432Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:33:18.080Z

Reserved: 2024-01-02T06:51:12.024Z

Link: CVE-2024-21742

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:27:36.169Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-27T17:15:12.030

Modified: 2025-02-14T15:27:18.527

Link: CVE-2024-21742

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-02-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-21742 - Bugzilla

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