When was CVE-2005-2642 disclosed?

CVE-2005-2642 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 23, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-2642 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-2642 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 93.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-2642?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-2642, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-2642

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Buffer overflow in the mutt_decode_xbit function in Handler.c for Mutt 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, possibly due to interactions with libiconv or gettext.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 93.2%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

cve@mitrehttp://comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.mutt.devel/8379
cve@mitrehttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408493
cve@mitrehttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408501
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/16485
cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014729
cve@mitrehttp://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2005-08/0594.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2005-08/0600.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14596
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.mutt.devel/8379
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408493
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408501
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/16485
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1014729
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2005-08/0594.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2005-08/0600.html

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