CVE-2011-1429
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD
Mutt does not verify that the smtps server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL SMTP server via an arbitrary certificate, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3766.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.5% (74th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1434)
- Published
- March 16, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1434 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mutt / mutt
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061353.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061356.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061461.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/87(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44937
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8143
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0959.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46803
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66015
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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