CVE-2005-2642

NameCVE-2005-2642
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mutt (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.5.23-3+deb8u7fixed
stretch (security)1.7.2-1+deb9u6fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.7.2-1+deb9u7fixed
buster1.10.1-2.1+deb10u6fixed
buster (security)1.10.1-2.1+deb10u7fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)2.2.9-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.2.12-0.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
muttsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- mutt <not-affected> (bug #323956; high)
Status is not clear; upstream is unresponsive.
this bug was closed as it was unreproducable in Debian

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