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CVE-2001-0473
Format string vulnerability in Mutt before 1.2.5 allows a remote malicious IMAP server to execute arbitrary commands.
High7.5EPSS 2.1%
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- mitre
Description
Format string vulnerability in Mutt before 1.2.5 allows a remote malicious IMAP server to execute arbitrary commands.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20010320 Trustix Security Advisory - mutt (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5615 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- RHSA-2001:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20010315 Immunix OS Security update for mutt (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- mutt-imap-format-string(6235) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- CLA-2001:385 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2001-031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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