CVE-2006-5297: mutt
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-5297 is a low (CVSS 1.2) vulnerability in mutt. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 1.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 16-10-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Race condition in the safe_open function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier, when creating temporary files in an NFS filesystem, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files due to limitations of the use of the O_EXCL flag on NFS filesystems.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.36%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
30%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.36% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- mutt< 1.5.13-1.1
Mutt1 product
- mutt≤ 1.5.12 | 0.95.6 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.5.1 | 1.2.5.4 | 1.2.5.5 | 1.2.5.12 | 1.2.5.12_ol | 1.3.12 | 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 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2.1 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.10
2 vendors · 2 products
References
14 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
