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CVE-2021-32055

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a ...

9.1 CriticalFix available

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a $imap_qresync issue in which imap/util.c has an out-of-bounds read in situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma. NOTE: the $imap_qresync setting for QRESYNC is not enabled by default.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.55%Up 1.7 points since May 6, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.1

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a $imap_qresync issue in which imap/util.c has an out-of-bounds read in situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma. NOTE: the $imap_qresync setting for QRESYNC is not enabled by default.

Record
CVE-2021-32055
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a $imap_qresync issue in which imap/util.c has an out-of-bounds read in situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma. NOTE: the $imap_qresync setting for QRESYNC is not enabled by default.

Record
CVE-2021-32055
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-18918 No score

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a $imap_qresync issue in which imap/util.c has an out-of-bounds read in situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma. NOTE: the $imap_qresync setting for QRESYNC is not enabled by default.

Record
EUVD-2021-18918
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vchg-jq4g-j9q7 No score

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a ...

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a $imap_qresync issue in which imap/util.c has an out-of-bounds read in situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma. NOTE: the $imap_qresync setting for QRESYNC is not enabled by default.

Record
GHSA-vchg-jq4g-j9q7
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2021-32055 9.1

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a $imap_qresync issue in which imap/util.c has an out-of-bounds read in situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma. NOTE: the $imap_qresync setting for QRESYNC is not enabled by default.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2021-32055
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVAZL-7292 9.1

CVE-2021-32055 affecting package mutt for versions less than 2.0.5-4

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a $imap_qresync issue in which imap/util.c has an out-of-bounds read in situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma. NOTE: the $imap_qresync setting for QRESYNC is not enabled by default.

Record
AZL-7292
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 9.1

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a $imap_qresync issue in which imap/util.c has an out-of-bounds read in situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma. NOTE: the $imap_qresync setting for QRESYNC is not enabled by default.

Record
CVE-2021-32055
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2021-32055 9.1

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a $imap_qresync issue in which imap/util.c has an out-of-bounds read in situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma. NOTE: the $imap_qresync setting for QRESYNC is not enabled by default.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32055
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-32055 9.1

Mutt 1.11.0 through 2.0.x before 2.0.7 (and NeoMutt 2019-10-25 through 2021-05-04) has a $imap_qresync issue in which imap/util.c has an out-of-bounds read in situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma. NOTE: the $imap_qresync setting for QRESYNC is not enabled by default.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32055
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2023-0232 No score

Updated mutt/neomutt packages fix security vulnerability

Out-of-bounds read in imap/util.c when an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma. (CVE-2021-32055) Overflow in uudecoder in Mutt allows read past end of input line (CVE-2022-1328)

Record
MGASA-2023-0232
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2022:10020-1 No score

Security update for neomutt

This update for neomutt fixes the following issues:

neomutt was updated to 20220429:

  • Bug Fixes
  • Do not crash on an invalid use_threads/sort combination
  • Fix: stuck browser cursor
  • Resolve (move) the cursor after <edit-label>
  • Index: fix menu size on new mail
  • Don't overlimit LMDB mmap size
  • OpenBSD y/n translation fix
  • Generic: split out OP_EXIT binding
  • Fix parsing of sendmail cmd
  • Fix: crash with menu_move_off=no
  • Newsrc: bugfix; nntp_user and nntp_pass ignored
  • Menu: ensure config changes cause a repaint
  • Mbox: fix sync duplicates
  • Make sure the index redraws all that's needed
  • Translations
  • 100% Chinese (Simplified)
  • 100% Czech
  • 100% German
  • 100% Hungarian
  • 100% Lithuanian
  • 100% Serbian
  • 100% Turkish
  • Docs
  • add missing pattern modifier ~I for external_search_command
  • Code
  • menu: eliminate custom_redraw()
  • modernise mixmaster
  • Kill global and Propagate display attach status through State-

neomutt was updated to 20220415:

  • Security
  • Fix uudecode buffer overflow (CVE-2022-1328)
  • Features
  • Colours, colours, colours
  • Bug Fixes
  • Pager: fix pager_stop
  • Merge colours with normal
  • Color: disable mono command
  • Fix forwarding text attachments when honor_disposition is set
  • Pager: drop the nntp change-group bindings
  • Use mailbox_check flags coherently, add IMMEDIATE flag
  • Fix: tagging in attachment list
  • Fix: misalignment of mini-index
  • Make sure to update the menu size after a resort
  • Translations
  • 100% Hungarian
  • Build
  • Update acutest
  • Code
  • Unify pipe functions
  • Index: notify if navigation fails
  • Gui: set colour to be merged with normal
  • Fix: leak in tls_check_one_certificate()
  • Upstream
  • Flush iconv() in mutt_convert_string()
  • Fix integer overflow in mutt_convert_string()
  • Fix uudecode cleanup on unexpected eof

update to 20220408:

  • Compose multipart emails
  • Fix screen mode after attempting decryption
  • imap: increase max size of oauth2 token
  • Fix autocrypt
  • Unify Alias/Query workflow
  • Fix colours
  • Say which file exists when saving attachments
  • Force SMTP authentication if smtp_user is set
  • Fix selecting the right email after limiting
  • Make sure we have enough memory for a new email
  • Don't overwrite with zeroes after unlinking the file
  • Fix crash when forwarding attachments
  • Fix help reformatting on window resize
  • Fix poll to use PollFdsCount and not PollFdsLen
  • regex: range check arrays strictly
  • Fix Coverity defects
  • Fix out of bounds write with long log lines
  • Apply fast_reply to 'to', 'cc', or 'bcc'
  • Prevent warning on empty emails
  • New default: set rfc2047_parameters = yes
  • 100% German
  • 100% Lithuanian
  • 100% Serbian
  • 100% Czech
  • 100% Turkish
  • 72% Hungarian
  • Improve header cache explanation
  • Improve description of some notmuch variables
  • Explain how timezones and !s work inside %{}, %[] and %()
  • Document config synonyms and deprecations
  • Create lots of GitHub Actions
  • Drop TravisCI
  • Add automated Fuzzing tests
  • Add automated ASAN tests
  • Create Dockers for building Centos/Fedora
  • Build fixes for Solaris 10
  • New libraries: browser, enter, envelope
  • New configure options: --fuzzing --debug-color --debug-queue
  • Split Index/Pager GUIs/functions
  • Add lots of function dispatchers
  • Eliminate menu_loop()
  • Refactor function opcodes
  • Refactor cursor setting
  • Unify Alias/Query functions
  • Refactor Compose/Envelope functions
  • Modernise the Colour handling
  • Refactor the Attachment View
  • Eliminate the global Context
  • Upgrade mutt_get_field()
  • Refactor the color quoted code
  • Fix lots of memory leaks
  • Refactor Index resolve code
  • Refactor PatternList parsing
  • Refactor Mailbox freeing
  • Improve key mapping
  • Factor out charset hooks
  • Expose mutt_file_seek API
  • Improve API of strto* wrappers
  • imap QRESYNC fixes
  • Allow an empty To: address prompt
  • Fix argc==0 handling
  • Don't queue IMAP close commands
  • Fix IMAP UTF-7 for code points >= U+10000
  • Don't include inactive messages in msgset generation …
Record
openSUSE-SU-2022:10020-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11069-1 No score

mutt-2.0.7-2.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the mutt-2.0.7-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11069-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11719-1 No score

neomutt-20211029-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the neomutt-20211029-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11719-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5392-1 No score

mutt vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-32055)

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1328)

Record
USN-5392-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-7204-1 No score

neomutt vulnerabilities

Jeriko One discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly handled certain IMAP and POP3 responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NeoMutt to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14349, CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14351, CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14353, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14355, CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14357, CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14359, CVE-2018-14362)

Jeriko One discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly handled certain NNTP-related operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NeoMutt to crash, resulting in denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14360, CVE-2018-14361, CVE-2018-14363)

It was discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly processed additional data when communicating with mail servers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access senstive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14954, CVE-2020-28896)

It was discovered that Neomutt incorrectly handled the IMAP QRSync setting. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NeoMutt to crash, resulting in denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-32055)

Tavis Ormandy discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly parsed uuencoded text past the length of the string. An attacker could possibly use this issue to enable the execution of arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1328)

It was discovered that NeoMutt did not properly encrypt email headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to receive emails that were not intended for them and access sensitive information. This vulnerability was only fixed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-49393, CVE-2024-49394)

Record
USN-7204-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
neomutt
Alpine:v3.17
20191025 up to 20211015-r0
20211015-r0
neomutt
Alpine:v3.18
20191025 up to 20211015-r0
20211015-r0
neomutt
Alpine:v3.19
20191025 up to 20211015-r0
20211015-r0
neomutt
Alpine:v3.20
20191025 up to 20211015-r0
20211015-r0
neomutt
Alpine:v3.21
20191025 up to 20211015-r0
20211015-r0
neomutt
Alpine:v3.22
20191025 up to 20211015-r0
20211015-r0
neomutt
Alpine:v3.23
20191025 up to 20211015-r0
20211015-r0
neomutt
Alpine:v3.24
20191025 up to 20211015-r0
20211015-r0
mutt
Azure Linux:2
before 2.0.5-4
2.0.5-4
mutt
Debian:12
before 2.0.5-4.1
2.0.5-4.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mutt
Debian:13
before 2.0.5-4.1
2.0.5-4.1
mutt
Debian:14
before 2.0.5-4.1
2.0.5-4.1
neomutt
Debian:12
before 20201127+dfsg.1-1.2
20201127+dfsg.1-1.2
neomutt
Debian:13
before 20201127+dfsg.1-1.2
20201127+dfsg.1-1.2
neomutt
Debian:14
before 20201127+dfsg.1-1.2
20201127+dfsg.1-1.2
mutt
Mageia:8
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2.0.7-1.1.mga8
2.0.7-1.1.mga8
neomutt
Mageia:8
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 20230517-1.mga8
20230517-1.mga8
mutt
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
before 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2, plus listed versions
1.5.23-3.1ubuntu11.5.23-3.1ubuntu21.5.24-11.5.24-1build11.5.24-1ubuntu0.1
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1.5.24-1ubuntu0.21.5.24-1ubuntu0.31.5.24-1ubuntu0.41.5.24-1ubuntu0.51.5.24-1ubuntu0.6
1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2
mutt
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 1.13.2-1ubuntu0.5, plus listed versions
1.10.1-2.11.12.2-11.12.2-21.13.0-11.13.2-1
Show 4 moreShow less
1.13.2-1ubuntu0.11.13.2-1ubuntu0.21.13.2-1ubuntu0.31.13.2-1ubuntu0.4
1.13.2-1ubuntu0.5
neomutt
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
before 20191207+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
20180716+dfsg.1-1.220191111+dfsg.1-120191207+dfsg.1-1.1
20191207+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
mutt
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2, plus listed versions
1.5.23-3.1ubuntu11.5.23-3.1ubuntu21.5.24-11.5.24-1build11.5.24-1ubuntu0.1
Show 5 moreShow less
1.5.24-1ubuntu0.21.5.24-1ubuntu0.31.5.24-1ubuntu0.41.5.24-1ubuntu0.51.5.24-1ubuntu0.6
1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2
mutt
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.6, plus listed versions
1.8.3+neomutt20170609-2build11.9.1-21.9.1-31.9.1-41.9.1-5
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1.9.2-11.9.3-11.9.4-21.9.4-31.9.4-3ubuntu0.11.9.4-3ubuntu0.21.9.4-3ubuntu0.31.9.4-3ubuntu0.41.9.4-3ubuntu0.5
1.9.4-3ubuntu0.6
mutt
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.13.2-1ubuntu0.5, plus listed versions
1.10.1-2.11.12.2-11.12.2-21.13.0-11.13.2-1
Show 4 moreShow less
1.13.2-1ubuntu0.11.13.2-1ubuntu0.21.13.2-1ubuntu0.31.13.2-1ubuntu0.4
1.13.2-1ubuntu0.5
mutt
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2.1.4-1ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
2.0.5-4.1build12.1.3-12.1.4-12.1.4-1build1
2.1.4-1ubuntu1.1
neomutt
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 21 CVEs
before 20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
20171027-120171027-220171027+dfsg.1-120171027+dfsg.1-220171027+dfsg.1-420171208+dfsg.1-120171208+dfsg.1-220171215+dfsg.1-1
20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
neomutt
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 21 CVEs
before 20191207+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
20180716+dfsg.1-1.220191111+dfsg.1-120191207+dfsg.1-1.1
20191207+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
neomutt
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 21 CVEs
before 20211029+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
20201127+dfsg.1-1.220211029+dfsg1-1
20211029+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
neomutt
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 21 CVEs
before 20231103+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
20220429+dfsg1-4.120231103+dfsg1-120231103+dfsg1-1build220231103+dfsg1-1build3
20231103+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
neomutt
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 20220429-bp154.2.3.1
20220429-bp154.2.3.1
neomutt
openSUSE:Leap 15.4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 20220429-bp154.2.3.1
20220429-bp154.2.3.1
mutt
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 21 CVEs
before 2.0.7-2.2
2.0.7-2.2
neomutt
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 20211029-1.1
20211029-1.1

History

History
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affected, facts
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-32055 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Mutt, published May 5, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.55%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in neomutt 20211015-r0.

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