mutt: denial of service via a series of requests to temporary files
Published Nov 1, 2019
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
Description
Mutt before 1.5.20 patch 7 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a series of requests to mutt temporary files.
Affected products
-
- Version before 1.5.20-7StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Configuration 2
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 10.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
mutt
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
mutt
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
mutt
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
mutt
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | mutt | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mutt | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | mutt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | mutt | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This flaw does not affect versions of mutt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8 as they already include the patch.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00351) | 26.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00351) | 26.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00131) | 30.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 14.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 12.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2351 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=311296 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1768449 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2351
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2351 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2351
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2351 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=311296 | x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1768449 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2351 | ||
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2351 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2351 |
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