High severity · published Mar 5, 2024
CVE-2024-24784
Comments in display names are incorrectly handled in net/mail
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ParseAddressList function incorrectly handles comments (text within parentheses) within display names. Since this is a misalignment with conforming address parsers, it can result in different trust decisions being made by programs using different parsers.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
net/mail · Go standard library
before 1.21.8; 1.22.0-0 before 1.22.1 · source: vendor
NE
Net\/mail · GO Standard Library
before 1.21.8; 1.22.0-0 before 1.22.1 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24784
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24784
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/4
go.dev
https://go.dev/cl/555596
go.dev
https://go.dev/issue/65083
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/5pwGVUPoMbg
pkg.go.dev
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2609
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240329-0007/
More from net/mail
7.5
CVE-2026-39820
Quadratic string concatentation in consumeComment in net/mail
7.5
CVE-2026-42499
Quadratic string concatenation in consumePhrase in net/mail
7.5
CVE-2025-61725
Excessive CPU consumption in ParseAddress in net/mail