CVE-2005-2642

Exp

Buffer 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.

Published: 2005-08-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2642 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.48%, 90th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2642

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2642

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 9.95% 4.48% -5.47%
2 2025-03-30 7.49% 9.95% +2.45%
3 2025-03-29 — 7.49% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2642

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2642

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2642

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2005-2642 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mutt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2642
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2642
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2642 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mutt), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2642

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2005-2642

  • Red Hat (2006-08-30T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the Linux versions of Mutt.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2642

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mutt mutt 1.5.10 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2642

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