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CVE-2007-2683

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2007-05-15 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• mutt: 1.4.2

References

• http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/2885
• http://osvdb.org/34973
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25408
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25515
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25546
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26415
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:113
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24192
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018066
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/

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