Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-1429

Title: Mutt Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-1429.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Mar 16, 2011

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.25%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-1429: Mutt does not verify that the smtps server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL SMTP server via an arbitrary certificate, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3766.

Impacted Vendors

mutt 1

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061353.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061356.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061461.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/87 http://secunia.com/advisories/44937 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8143 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0959.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46803 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66015 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061353.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061356.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061461.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/87 http://secunia.com/advisories/44937 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8143 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0959.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46803 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66015

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-1429 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 16, 2011 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.