CVE-2018-18956 — The ProcessMimeEntity function in util-decode-mime

The ProcessMimeEntity function in util-decode-mime.c in Suricata 4.x before 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault and daemon crash) via crafted input to the SMTP parser, as exploited in the wild in November 2018.

01What is this vulnerability?

The ProcessMimeEntity function in util-decode-mime.c in Suricata 4.x before 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault and daemon crash) via crafted input to the SMTP parser, as exploited in the wild in November 2018.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-11-05T21:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T11:23:08.491Z

09References

• lists.openinfosecfoundation.org — https://lists.openinfosecfoundation.org/pipermail/oisf-users/2018-October/016227…
• redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org — https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2658#change-10374
• lists.openinfosecfoundation.org — https://lists.openinfosecfoundation.org/pipermail/oisf-users/2018-November/01631…