CVE-2024-24784

HIGH7.5

Comments in display names are incorrectly handled in net/mail

Published Mar 5, 2024

Modified 11 months ago

No fix available

Details

The ParseAddressList function incorrectly handles comments (text within parentheses) within display names. Since this is a misalignment with conforming address parsers, it can result in different trust decisions being made by programs using different parsers.

References

WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/4 WEBhttps://go.dev/cl/555596 WEBhttps://go.dev/issue/65083 WEBhttps://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/5pwGVUPoMbg WEBhttps://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2609 WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240329-0007/ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24784

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

NoneA:N

7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMar 5, 2024

ModifiedFeb 13, 2025