CVE-2002-0001

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-02-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Vulnerability in RFC822 address parser in mutt before 1.2.5.1 and mutt 1.3.x before 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an improperly terminated comment or phrase in the address list.

Affected products

mutt: through 1.2.5.1; through 1.3.25

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000449
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100994648918287&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3778
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-096
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7759.php
http://www.mutt.org/announce/mutt-1.2.5.1-1.3.25.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_001_mutt_txt.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-003.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3774

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