CVE-2007-1268
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 2.8% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1265)
- Published
- March 6, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1265 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mutt / mutt
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(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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