CVE-2007-2683
LOW · CVSS 3.5EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.8% (57th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2675)
- Published
- May 15, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2675 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mutt / mutt
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/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239890
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34441
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1391
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10543
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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