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balsa, mutt — security advisory
Multiple off-by-one buffer overflows in the IMAP capability for Mutt 1.3.28 and earlier, and Balsa 1.2.4 and earlier, allow a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail folder, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0140.
- Products
- balsa, mutt
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.4.0, 2.0.10
- CVEs
- CVE-2003-0167
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:17 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Multiple off-by-one buffer overflows in the IMAP capability for Mutt 1.3.28 and earlier, and Balsa 1.2.4 and earlier, allow a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail folder, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0140.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0167
balsa
Fixed versions: 2.0.10
balsa
Fixed versions: 2.0.10
balsa
Fixed versions: 2.0.10
mutt
Fixed versions: 1.4.0
mutt
Fixed versions: 1.4.0
mutt
Fixed versions: 1.4.0
Complete source record
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