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high 7.5

CVE-2004-0078 json

Buffer overflow in the index menu code (menu_pad_string of menu.c) for Mutt 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

published 2004-03-03 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0078

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.4%
EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the index menu code (menu_pad_string of menu.c) for Mutt 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain mail messages.

Patch / fix

  • mutt Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5.6-20040722+1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0078

  • mutt RHEL 3 5:1.4.1-3.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:050

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0078 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 mutt 1.4.1-3.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 mutt 1.4.1-3.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 mutt 1.4.1-3.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 mutt 1.4.1-3.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:050
  • Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:051

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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