Re: [PATCH] Fix attachment list crash for deeply nested message types.

"Kevin J. McCarthy" <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:27:37 +0800

Newsgroups	gmane.mail.mutt.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 11:09:22AM +0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
>Mutt already has checks for deeply nested mime.  However, for the
>message type, parts of the code assume body->header will be set.
>
>The current parser simply exited the recursion at a certain depth, but
>left the header set to NULL.  This caused a crash in the attachment
>list menu, but probably would cause crashes elsewhere in the code too.
>
>When deeply nested, instead change the type to text/plain before
>giving up.
>
>Thanks to Acts1631 for the bug report, sample message causing the
>crash, and possible suggested fix.  This fix is different from the
>suggestion, instead fixing the parser, rather than the attachment list
>code.

I've pushed this up, as I'm going to get a 2.3.3 release out this
afternoon.

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Kevin J. McCarthy
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