🛡️ MGASA-2024-0198 — perl-email-mime

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

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)

Affected software and timeline

Affected software: perl-email-mime (fixed in 1.954.0-1.mga9). Published on 29 May 2024 and last revised on 16 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

advisories.mageia.org (Advisory)
bugs.mageia.org (Report)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-05-29
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-04-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
perl-email-mime 1.954.0-1.mga9

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