CVE-2018-14352
published 2018-07-17CVE-2018-14352: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading…
PriorityP351critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
4.02%
89.4th percentile
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.
Affected
26 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | mutt | < mutt 1.10.1-1 (bookworm) | mutt 1.10.1-1 (bookworm) |
| debian | neomutt | < mutt 1.10.1-1 (bookworm) | mutt 1.10.1-1 (bookworm) |
| mutt | mutt | < 1.10.1 | 1.10.1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.10.1-1 | 1.10.1-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.10.1-1 | 1.10.1-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.10.1-1 | 1.10.1-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.10.1-1 | 1.10.1-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2 | 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2 | 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1 | 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1 | 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | < 20180716 | 20180716 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20191207+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 20191207+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20211029+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 20211029+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
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Ubuntu
NeoMutt vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2025-01-15·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14361 [CRITICAL] NeoMutt vulnerabilities
Title: NeoMutt vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in NeoMutt.
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 affect
Ubuntu
Mutt vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-09-28·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14350 [CRITICAL] Mutt vulnerabilities
Title: Mutt vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.
USN-3719-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mutt. Unfortunately, the fixes were
not correctly applied to the packaging for Mutt in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
This update corrects the oversight.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14359,
CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14353 ,CVE-2018-14357)
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this to access or expose sensitive
information. (CVE-2018-14355, CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14351,
CVE-2018-14362, CVE-2018-14349)
Instru
Ubuntu
Mutt vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-07-23·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14349 [CRITICAL] Mutt vulnerabilities
Title: Mutt vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14359,
CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14353 ,CVE-2018-14357)
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this to access or expose sensitive
information. (CVE-2018-14355, CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14351,
CVE-2018-14362, CVE-2018-14349)
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart mutt to make all the
necessary changes.
Ubuntu
Mutt vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-07-23·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14349 [CRITICAL] Mutt vulnerabilities
Title: Mutt vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.
USN-3719-1 fixed a vulnerability in Mutt. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14359,
CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14353 ,CVE-2018-14357)
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this to access or expose sensitive
information. (CVE-2018-14355, CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14351,
CVE-2018-14362, CVE-2018-14349)
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart mutt to make
all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c
vendor_redhat·2018-07-13·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14352 [CRITICAL] CWE-20 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c
mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Fix deferred
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-14352: mutt - An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. ima...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14352 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-14352: mutt - An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. ima...
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.10.1-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.10.1-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.10.1-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.10.1-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.10.1-1)
OSV
neomutt vulnerabilities
osv·2025-01-15·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14349 [CRITICAL] neomutt vulnerabilities
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-2018-1
GHSA
GHSA-28w7-5v3f-jc8j: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-14352 [CRITICAL] CWE-787 GHSA-28w7-5v3f-jc8j: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.
OSV
mutt vulnerabilities
osv·2018-09-28·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14350 [CRITICAL] mutt vulnerabilities
mutt vulnerabilities
USN-3719-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mutt. Unfortunately, the fixes were
not correctly applied to the packaging for Mutt in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
This update corrects the oversight.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14359,
CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14353 ,CVE-2018-14357)
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this to access or expose sensitive
information. (CVE-2018-14355, CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14351,
CVE-2018-14362, CVE-2018-14349)
OSV
mutt vulnerabilities
osv·2018-07-23·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14350 [CRITICAL] mutt vulnerabilities
mutt vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14359,
CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14353 ,CVE-2018-14357)
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this to access or expose sensitive
information. (CVE-2018-14355, CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14351,
CVE-2018-14362, CVE-2018-14349)
OSV
CVE-2018-14352: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
osv·2018-07-17·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14352 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-14352: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14352 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-07-19·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14352 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-14352 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-14352 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14352 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c
bugzilla·2018-07-19·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14352 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-14352 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c
CVE-2018-14352 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.
References:
http://www.mutt.org/news.html
Upstream Patch:
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e0131852c6059107939893016c8ff56b6e42865d
Discussion:
Created mutt tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1604035]
http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlhttps://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e27b65b3bf8defa34db58919496056caf3850cd4https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e0131852c6059107939893016c8ff56b6e42865dhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.htmlhttps://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/releasehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlhttps://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e27b65b3bf8defa34db58919496056caf3850cd4https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e0131852c6059107939893016c8ff56b6e42865dhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.htmlhttps://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/releasehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
2018-07-17
Published