CVE detail

CVE-2006-3242 — CVE-2006-3242

Published 2006-06-27 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor mutt · Product mutt · Source nvd

UNKNOWN

severity

CVSS-derived band

n/a

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0600

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

93.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the browse_get_namespace function in imap/browse.c of Mutt 1.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long namespaces received from the IMAP server.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.