Apache James Mime4J up to 0.8.9 MIME4J DOM injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apache James Mime4J up to 0.8.9. This impacts an unknown function of the component MIME4J DOM Handler. Such manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-21742. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache James Mime4J up to 0.8.9 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component MIME4J DOM Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 02/27/2024 by Benoit Tellier. The advisory is shared for download at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-21742 since 01/02/2024. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 02/14/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1055.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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01/02/2024 🔍
02/27/2024 +56 days 🔍
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02/14/2025 +353 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: lists.apache.org
Researcher: Benoit Tellier
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-21742 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-21742
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254912

Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2024 18:00
Updated: 02/14/2025 19:58
Changes: 02/27/2024 18:00 (38), 02/14/2025 19:58 (27)
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