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Mutt Address Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Mutt is a powerful email utility, actively maintained by the Mutt Development Team. Mutt runs on Linux and other systems and it is open source and freely available.

A buffer overflow error exists in the email address handling routines of Mutt. Exploitation of this vulnerability can result in arbitrary code execution. Although Mutt would normally run as a non-privileged user, exploitation of this vulnerability may result in local access for an attacker.







 

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