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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-06-27 10:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 18:23Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-06-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 390d91aa2e78814d2ed44f5250ea08d19754ad3a9e69431a0ed735db1832408d
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com21220http://secunia.com/advisories/21220
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200606-27http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-27.xml
- secunia.com20895http://secunia.com/advisories/20895
- secunia.com21039http://secunia.com/advisories/21039
- dev.mutt.orghttp://dev.mutt.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=mutt/.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dc0272b749f0e2b102973b7ac43dbd3908507540
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0577http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0577.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10826https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10826
- secunia.com20887http://secunia.com/advisories/20887
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-2522http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2522
- secunia.com20810http://secunia.com/advisories/20810
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:115http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:115
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-307-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/307-1/
- www.trustix.org2006-0038http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0038
- dev.mutt.orghttp://dev.mutt.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mutt/imap/browse.c?r1=1.34.2.2&r2=1.34.2.3
- secunia.com20854http://secunia.com/advisories/20854
- secunia.com21135http://secunia.com/advisories/21135
- slackware.comSSA:2006-207-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.472221
- www.securityfocus.com18642http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18642
- www.openpkg.orgOpenPKG-SA-2006.013http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.013-mutt.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commutt-imap-namespace-bo(27428)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27428
- www.debian.orgDSA-1108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1108
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2006:016http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html
- secunia.com20836http://secunia.com/advisories/20836
- patches.sgi.com20060701-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U
- securitytracker.com1016482http://securitytracker.com/id?1016482
- secunia.com20960http://secunia.com/advisories/20960
- www.securityfocus.com20060629 rPSA-2006-0116-1 mutthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438712/100/0/threaded
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-471
- secunia.com21124http://secunia.com/advisories/21124
- secunia.com20879http://secunia.com/advisories/20879
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.11+cvs20060403-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.11+cvs20060403-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.11+cvs20060403-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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