Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 27, 2006· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2006-3242
CVE-2006-3242
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.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
30- secunia.com/advisories/20810nvdVendor Advisory
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-Unvd
- dev.mutt.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cginvd
- dev.mutt.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mutt/imap/browse.cnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20836nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20854nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20879nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20887nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20895nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20960nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21039nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21124nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21135nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21220nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1108nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-27.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.htmlnvd
- www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.013-mutt.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0577.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438712/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18642nvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0038nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2522nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27428nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-471nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10826nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/307-1/nvd
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