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CVE-2005-2642

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• mutt: 1.5.10

References

• http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.mutt.devel/8379
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408493
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408501
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16485
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014729
• http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2005-08/0594.html
• http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2005-08/0600.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14596
• http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.mutt.devel/8379
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408493
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408501
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16485

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