CVE-2004-0078: Mutt

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the index menu code (menu_pad_string of menu.c) for Mutt 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain mail messages.

Affected products

• Mutt Mutt: version 1.2.1 only; version 1.2.5 only; version 1.2.5.1 only; version 1.2.5.4 only; version 1.2.5.5 only; version 1.2.5.12 only; …

Published 2004-03-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.