CVE-2003-0167 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Multiple off-by-one buffer overflows in the IMAP capability for Mutt 1.3.28 and earlier, and Balsa 1.2.4 and earlier, allow a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail folder, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0140.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mutt	Mutt

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.12:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.12.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.16:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.17:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.22:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.24:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.25:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.27:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.28:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-274
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-300
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7229

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-03-29T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:36.032Z

Reserved: 2003-03-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0167

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2003-0167

Redhat

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