Vulnerability in Mutt
CVE-2006-3242
Stack-based buffer overflow in the browse_get_namespace function in imap/browse.c of Mutt 1.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long namespaces received from the IMAP server.
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: 0.060 (93.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.060 · newest: 0.060 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mutt — versions 1.4.2, 1.4.2.1
References
- secunia.com/advisories/21220 (third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-27.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20895 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21039 (third-party-advisory)
- dev.mutt.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0577.html (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10826 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20887 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2522 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20810 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)