CVE-2014-0467

mutt: heap-based buffer overflow when parsing certain headers

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · May 18, 2013

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Buffer overflow in copy.c in Mutt before 1.5.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted RFC2047 header line, related to address expansion.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of mutt package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow