7.5

CVE-2003-0140: mutt

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-0140DSA-268
Published 21-03-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0140 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mutt. EPSS estimates a 4.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.49%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-03-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.49% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.49%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • mutt< 1.5.4-1 | < 1.3.28-2.1
Mutt1 product
  • mutt1.3.12 | 1.3.16 | 1.3.17 | 1.3.22 | 1.3.24 | 1.3.25 | 1.3.27 | 1.4.0 | 1.5.3

2 vendors · 2 products

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