GHSA-C6H8-QR22-65QM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 18:06 – Updated: 2025-04-09 03:41
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Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via "&" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2007-2683"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2007-05-15T21:19:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via \"\u0026\" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.",
  "id": "GHSA-c6h8-qr22-65qm",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T03:41:37Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T18:06:06Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2683"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239890"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34441"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1391"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10543"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/2885"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/34973"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25408"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25515"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25529"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25546"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26415"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:113"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24192"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018066"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}



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