CVE-2018-14355 — Path Traversal in Mutt

CWE-22 — Path Traversal15 documents8 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.7%
top 26.84%
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/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

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 16.04

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-m3pf-cr3h-p92g: 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-2018-14355: 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: IMAP header caching path traversal vulnerability↗2018-07-16
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14355 mutt: IMAP header caching path traversal vulnerability↗2018-07-17
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14354 CVE-2018-14355 CVE-2018-14362 mutt: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2018-07-17
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