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CVE-2007-2683

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CVE-2007-2683 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Mutt 1.4.2, affecting the mutt email client. This flaw allows authenticated local users to execute arbitrary code by injecting ampersand characters into the GECOS field, which then triggers the overflow during alias expansion. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating low severity with a local attack vector, high access complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-30093) exists, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-30093 · May 28, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0081 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 223 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: mutt-5:1.4.1-5.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: mutt-5:1.4.1-12.0.3.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mutt-5:1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-2683Low

Buffer overflow in mutt's gecos structure handling

May 11, 2007

References

dev.mutt.org / trac/ticket/2885
osvdb.org / 34973
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/25408
secunia.com / advisories/25515
secunia.com / advisories/25529
secunia.com / advisories/25546
secunia.com / advisories/26415
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/34441
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1391
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10543
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
securityfocus.com / bid/24192
securitytracker.com / id
trustix.org / errata/2007/0024