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    CVE-2003-0140

    Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.0 and possibly earlier versions, 1.5.x up to 1.5.3, and other programs that use Mutt code such as Balsa before 2.0.10, allows a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted folder.

    Published:Mar 20, 2003
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Mar 21, 2003
    EPSS Score:0.02182
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mutt
    Product
    Mutt
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-43864 (CVSS 2.5) — mutt before 2.3.2 has a show_sig_summary NULL pointer dereference.…
    CVE-2026-43863 (CVSS 3.7) — mutt before 2.3.2 has an infinite loop in data_object_to_stream in crypt-gpgme.c.…
    CVE-2026-43862 (CVSS 3.7) — In mutt before 2.3.2, the imap_auth_gss security level is mishandled.…
    CVE-2026-43861 (CVSS 3.7) — mutt before 2.3.2 does not check for '\0' in url_pct_decode.…
    CVE-2026-43860 (CVSS 3.7) — mutt before 2.3.2 sometimes truncates the hash_passwd by one byte for IMAP auth_cram MD5 digest.…
    CVE-2026-43859 (CVSS 3.7) — mutt before 2.3.2 sometimes uses strfcpy instead of memcpy for the IMAP auth_cram MD5 digest.…
    CVE-2024-49394 (CVSS 5.3) — In mutt and neomutt the In-Reply-To email header field is not protected by cryptographic signing which allows …
    CVE-2024-49395 (CVSS 5.3) — In mutt and neomutt, PGP encryption does not use the --hidden-recipient mode which may leak the Bcc email head…
    CVE-2024-49393 (CVSS 6.5) — In neomutt and mutt, the To and Cc email headers are not validated by cryptographic signing which allows an at…
    CVE-2023-4874 (CVSS 4.3) — Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12…

    References

    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000626
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000630
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104817995421439&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104818814931378&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104852190605988&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105171507629573&w=2
    http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=310&idxseccion=10
    http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-268
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-19.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:041
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_020_mutt.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-109.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/315679
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7120
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11583
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A434
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000626
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000630
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104817995421439&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104818814931378&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104852190605988&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105171507629573&w=2
    http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=310&idxseccion=10
    http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-268
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-19.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:041
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_020_mutt.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-109.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/315679
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7120
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11583
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A434

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High