7.5

CVE-2003-0167: mutt

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-0167DSA-274DSA-300
Published 29-03-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0167 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mutt. EPSS estimates a 2.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.7% 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
2.54%
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. 29-03-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple off-by-one buffer overflows in the IMAP capability for Mutt 1.3.28 and earlier, and Balsa 1.2.4 and earlier, allow a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail folder, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0140.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.54% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.54%

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

Debian2 products
  • balsa< 2.0.10 | < 1.2.4-2.2
  • mutt< 1.4.0 | < 1.3.28-2.2
Mutt1 product
  • mutt1.3.12 | 1.3.12.1 | 1.3.16 | 1.3.17 | 1.3.22 | 1.3.24 | 1.3.25 | 1.3.27 | 1.3.28

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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