CVE-2005-2642 - Buffer overflow in the mutt_decode_xbit function in Handler.c for Mutt 1.5.10 allows remote attacker

CVE-2005-2642

Summary

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	7.5 (as of 05-09-2008 - 20:52)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

refmap via4

bid	14596
bugtraq	20050818 Re: mutt buffer overflow 20050818 mutt buffer overflow
fulldisc	20050818 Re: mutt buffer overflow 20050818 mutt buffer overflow
misc	http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.mutt.devel/8379
sectrack	1014729
secunia	16485

statements via4

contributor	Mark J Cox
lastmodified	2006-08-30
organization	Red Hat
statement	Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the Linux versions of Mutt.

Last major update

05-09-2008 - 20:52

Published

23-08-2005 - 04:00

Last modified

05-09-2008 - 20:52