CVE-2024-21742

CVE-2024-21742: Apache James Mime4J: Mime4J DOM header injection

Vendor Apache Software Foundation

Product Apache James Mime4J

Weakness CWE-74

Published February 27, 2024

Last update May 6, 2025

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CVSS base score

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper input validation allows for header injection in MIME4J library when using MIME4J DOM for composing message. This can be exploited by an attacker to add unintended headers to MIME messages.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 27, 2024 CVE published

May 6, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21742 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html AskarLabs — CWE-74 write-up Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output ('Injection')

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