Vulnerability · Published Oct 11, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-48938
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity regular-expression denial of service in the znuny package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Znuny before LTS 6.5.1 through 6.5.10 and 7.0.1 through 7.0.16 allows DoS/ReDos via email. Parsing the content of emails where HTML code is copied from Microsoft Word could lead to high CPU usage and block the parsing process.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | znuny | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-48938 |
| Debian:13 | znuny | 6.5.11-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-48938 |
| Debian:14 | znuny | 6.5.11-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-48938 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | znuny | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48938 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-1333 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H