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CVE-2014-0467 json

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 l…

published 2014-03-14 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-0505

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • mutt Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5.22-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0467

  • mutt RHEL 6 5:1.5.20-4.20091214hg736b6a.el6_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0304

  • mutt openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.6.2-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10198-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0467 updated cvss 6.8

mutt: heap-based buffer overflow when parsing certain headers

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) mutt 1.5.20-4.20091214hg736b6a.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) mutt 1.5.20-4.20091214hg736b6a.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) mutt 1.5.20-4.20091214hg736b6a.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) mutt 1.5.20-4.20091214hg736b6a.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0304
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mutt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mutt
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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