# ELSA-2024-2290: mutt security update

ELSA-2024-2290, released May 2, 2024, fixes 2 CVEs in mutt (version 5:2.2.6-2.el9). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2024-2290
- Platform: Linux
- Released: May 2, 2024
- Priority: Routine (Closes 2 CVEs, none high severity)
- CVEs: 2, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-2290.html

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [mutt](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/mutt.md) | ol 9 | 5:2.2.6-2.el9 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2023-4874](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-4874.md) | Routine | mutt: Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12 | 6.5 | 0.0085 |  |
| [CVE-2023-4875](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-4875.md) | Routine | mutt: Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12 | 5.7 | 0.0055 |  |

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