CVE-2007-1268

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-03-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Mutt 1.5.13 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents Mutt from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.

Affected products

mutt: through 1.5.13

References

http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2007-March/030514.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24415
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2353
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=1687
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461958/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461958/30/7710/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22778
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017727
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0835
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2007-March/030514.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24415
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2353

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