CVE-2007-2683: Mutt

Low severity, CVSS 3.5. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Mutt Mutt: version 1.4.2 only

Published 2007-05-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.