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CVE-2024-4140

An excessive memory use issue (CWE-770) exists in Email-MIME, before version 1.954, which can...

7.5 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.13%Up 1.1 points since May 3, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2024-4140
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-32700 7.5

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.

Record
EUVD-2024-32700
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2rhr-29cm-5chf 7.5

An excessive memory use issue (CWE-770) exists in Email-MIME, before version 1.954, which can...

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.

Record
GHSA-2rhr-29cm-5chf
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2024-4140
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2024-4140 7.5

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.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2024-4140
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2024-4140
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2024-4140 7.5

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4140
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-4140 7.5

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-4140
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2024-0198 No score

Updated perl-Email-MIME packages fix security vulnerabilities

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. (CVE-2024-4140)

Record
MGASA-2024-0198
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13973-1 No score

perl-Email-MIME-1.954.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the perl-Email-MIME-1.954.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13973-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
perl-email-mime
Alpine:v3.19
 before 1.954-r0
1.954-r0
perl-email-mime
Alpine:v3.20
 before 1.954-r0
1.954-r0
perl-email-mime
Alpine:v3.21
 before 1.954-r0
1.954-r0
perl-email-mime
Alpine:v3.22
 before 1.954-r0
1.954-r0
perl-email-mime
Alpine:v3.23
 before 1.954-r0
1.954-r0
perl-email-mime
Alpine:v3.24
 before 1.954-r0
1.954-r0
libemail-mime-perl
Debian:12
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.953-11.954-1
 None known
libemail-mime-perl
Debian:13
 before 1.954-1
1.954-1
libemail-mime-perl
Debian:14
 before 1.954-1
1.954-1
perl-Email-MIME
Mageia:9
 before 1.954.0-1.mga9
1.954.0-1.mga9
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libemail-mime-perl
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.926-11.936-11.937-1
 None known
libemail-mime-perl
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.937-11.946-1
 None known
libemail-mime-perl
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.946-1
 None known
libemail-mime-perl
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.949-11.952-1
 None known
libemail-mime-perl
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.953-1
 None known
libemail-mime-perl
Ubuntu:25.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.954-1
 None known
libemail-mime-perl
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.954-1
 None known
libemail-mime-perl
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.954-1
 None known
perl-Email-MIME
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 1.954.0-1.1
1.954.0-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-4140 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Rjbs Email-mime, published May 2, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.13%, the 66th percentile. Fixed in perl-email-mime 1.954-r0.

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