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CVE-2002-0001

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0001 describes a critical vulnerability in the RFC822 address parser within Mutt email clients (versions prior to 1.2.5.1 and 1.3.x before 1.3.25). This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by crafting an email with an improperly terminated comment or phrase in the address list. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, as it can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.3.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0337 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0j
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0001

security flaw

Jan 1, 2002

References

ftp.caldera.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-002.0.txt
ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:04.mutt.asc
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
online.securityfocus.com / advisories/3778
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-096
Patch
iss.net / security_center/static/7759.php
mutt.org / announce/mutt-1.2.5.1-1.3.25.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2002_001_mutt_txt.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-003.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/3774