CVE-2018-14350 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mutt

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation15 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
3.1%
top 13.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
MuttNeomuttCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 17
Latest updateJan 15

Description

An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/message.c has a stack-based buffer overflow for a FETCH response with a long INTERNALDATE field.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDneomutt/neomutt< 20180716
▶Debianneomutt/neomutt< 20180716+dfsg.1-1+3
▶Ubuntuneomutt/neomutt< 20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1+3
▶NVDmutt/mutt< 1.10.1
▶Debianmutt/mutt< 1.10.1-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: gitlab.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
OSV
neomutt vulnerabilities↗2025-01-15
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GHSA
GHSA-7w2q-7h6m-p79f: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
mutt vulnerabilities↗2018-09-28
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OSV
mutt vulnerabilities↗2018-07-23
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OSV
CVE-2018-14350: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1↗2018-07-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
NeoMutt vulnerabilities↗2025-01-15
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Ubuntu
Mutt vulnerabilities↗2018-09-28
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Ubuntu
Mutt vulnerabilities↗2018-07-23
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Ubuntu
Mutt vulnerabilities↗2018-07-23
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Red Hat
mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/message.c↗2018-07-13
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14350 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/message.c↗2018-07-18
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14350 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/message.c [fedora-all]↗2018-07-18
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