CVE-2005-2642 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mutt

4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
9.9%
top 6.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MuttDebian Mutt
Timeline
PublishedAug 23
Latest updateMay 1

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDmutt/mutt1.5.10
▶debiandebian/mutt

Patches

Patch: online.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.derkeiler.com ↗Patch: online.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-phm9-v495-4q75: Buffer overflow in the mutt_decode_xbit function in Handler↗2022-05-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2005-2642: mutt - Buffer overflow in the mutt_decode_xbit function in Handler.c for Mutt 1.5.10 al...↗2005
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Red Hat
CVE-2005-2642: Buffer overflow in the mutt_decode_xbit function in Handler↗
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