PT-1999-1479 · Mutt · Mutt

Published 1999-09-27 · Updated 2022-08-17 · CVE-1999-0940

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mutt (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute commands via malformed MIME messages due to a buffer overflow in the mutt mail client.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0940

Affected Products

Mutt

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0940 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0940 · Note