Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via "&" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.
source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/24192/info
Mutt is prone to a local buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before using it in a memory copy operation
An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the with the privileges of the victim Failed exploit attempts will r ...