CVE-2007-2683
Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via "&" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via "&" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.
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
- 0.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 56.0% 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
- Low. 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
- 2007-05-15 21:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 13:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-05-15
- 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
- 9074b458feaf46eae618395f0eca3a8d36f2fd3fb4b740d2c9616208e9b7d3ad
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com25529http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
- www.securitytracker.com1018066http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018066
- www.trustix.org2007-0024http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/
- secunia.com26415http://secunia.com/advisories/26415
- dev.mutt.orghttp://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/2885
- secunia.com25408http://secunia.com/advisories/25408
- osvdb.org34973http://osvdb.org/34973
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239890
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10543https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10543
- secunia.com25546http://secunia.com/advisories/25546
- secunia.com25515http://secunia.com/advisories/25515
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commutt-gecos-bo(34441)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34441
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:113http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:113
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0386http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
- www.securityfocus.com24192http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24192
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1391
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.15+20070608-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.15+20070608-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.15+20070608-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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