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CVE-2005-2642

critical

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14596

http://secunia.com/advisories/16485

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.mutt.devel/8379

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-23

Updated: 2008-09-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical