CVE-2005-2642

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2642
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-08-23 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mutt Mutt 1.5.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
gmane.mail.mutt.devel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 comments.gmane.org
Full-Disclosure: Re: [Full-disclosure] mutt buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.derkeiler.com Exploit
Full-Disclosure: [Full-disclosure] mutt buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.derkeiler.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mutt Buffer Overflow in 'handler.c' May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mutt Handler.c Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Exploit
Secunia - Advisories - mutt Attachment Decoding Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the Linux versions of Mutt.

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