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🛡️ CVE-2023-4875 — debian-linux

🟢 CVSS 2.2 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-475 NVD
2.2
CVSS Score
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Description

Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-4875 is classified as CWE-475: Undefined Behavior for Input to API. The behavior of this function is undefined unless its control parameter is set to a specific value.

Affected software

CVE-2023-4875 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • mutt (from 1.5.2 up to 2.2.12)

Timeline and source

Published on 9 September 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

gitlab.com
gitlab.com
www.openwall.com
gitlab.com
gitlab.com
lists.debian.org
www.debian.org

Other advisories for this package

debian-linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-475: Undefined Behavior for Input to API) in other software:

CVE-2023-4875 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.2
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE CWE-475
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-09-09
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
mutt 1.5.2 2.2.12

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