CVE-2014-0467

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.

Published: 2014-03-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-0467 is rated Moderate Risk (55.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.16%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.34% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0467

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 1.82% 5.16% +3.34%
2 2025-12-14 1.41% 1.82% +0.41%
3 2025-06-10 — 1.41% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0467

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0467

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0467

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-0467 not yet assigned 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-2014-0467
gentoo high CVE-2014-0467: 1 GLSA(s) (201406-05), 1 atom(s) (mail-client/mutt); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-0467
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0467
suse medium CVE-2014-0467 severity moderate: SUSE including 32 source package names (mutt, mutt-1.10.1-150000.3.23.1, …), 71 product×package rows across 46 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (46 product lines)): Fixed 54, Known Not Affected 17. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0467/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-0467 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mutt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, upstream): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0467

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0467

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mutt mutt <= 1.5.22 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.9 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.10 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.11 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.12 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.13 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.14 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.15 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.16 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.17 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.18 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.19 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.20 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mutt mutt 1.5.21 cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0467

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