CVE-2024-49394
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
In mutt and neomutt the In-Reply-To email header field is not protected by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker to reuse an unencrypted but signed email message to impersonate the original sender.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.3
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2024-11-12 03:15:03.677000
Last modified
2026-11-06 15:17:02.833000
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