Vulnerability in Mutt
CVE-2005-2642
Buffer overflow in the mutt_decode_xbit function in Handler.c for Mutt 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, possibly due to interactions with libiconv or gettext.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.045 (91.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.045 · newest: 0.045 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mutt — versions 1.5.10
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14596 (vdb-entry)
- www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2005-08/0600.html (mailing-list, Exploit)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408493 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
- comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.mutt.devel/8379
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408501 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2005-08/0594.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/16485 (third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)