CVE-2005-2642: Mutt

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the mutt_decode_xbit function in Handler.c for Mutt 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, possibly due to interactions with libiconv or gettext.

Affected products

• Mutt Mutt: version 1.5.10 only

Published 2005-08-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.