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CVE-2024-24784: Comments in display names are incorrectly handled in net/mail
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-24784
Affected Products
Vendor: Go standard library
Product: net/mail
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 12.91% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://go.dev/issue/65083https://go.dev/cl/555596
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/5pwGVUPoMbg
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2609
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240329-0007/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/4