{"id":"USN-2340-1","summary":"procmail vulnerability","details":"Tavis Ormandy discovered that the formail tool incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed mail headers. An attacker could use this flaw to cause formail to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:50Z","published":"2014-09-04T17:39:31Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3618"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-3618","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3618"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2340-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3618"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"procmail","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/procmail@3.22-21ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.22-21ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["3.22-20","3.22-21"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"procmail","binary_version":"3.22-21ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2340-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2014-3618"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}