CVE-2026-43859 (GCVE-0-2026-43859)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-04 05:41 – Updated: 2026-05-04 12:49
VLAI?
Summary
mutt before 2.3.2 sometimes uses strfcpy instead of memcpy for the IMAP auth_cram MD5 digest.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-158 - Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
Assigner
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