CVE-2024-21742

Published Feb 27, 2024

Last updated 9 days ago

CVSS medium 5.3

Overview

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.
Source: security@apache.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.3
Impact score: 1.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

security@apache.org: CWE-20
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-74

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:james_mime4j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "C01C6CB8-02C8-41E1-8434-689F27347345",
            "versionEndIncluding": "0.8.9"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References