GNU Mailutils Mail Email Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

GNU Mailutils Mail Email Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

GNU Mailutils mail is affected by an email header buffer overflow vulnerability.

The problem exists in the 'header_get_field_name()' function of the 'mailbox/header.c' source file and manifests while the software is processing superfluous email header values.

Ultimately a malicious attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on the affected computer with the privileges of the user who started the affected application by sending a specially crafted malicious email.