CVE-2018-14357
published 2018-07-17CVE-2018-14357: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote…
PriorityP260critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
4.95%
91.2th percentile
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with an automatic subscription.
Affected
38 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20231103+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 20231103+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote
- →Monitor for backquote/backtick characters (`) in IMAP server responses, particularly in mailbox names delivered during automatic subscription negotiation, which Mutt/NeoMutt may pass to a shell via the 'mailboxes' command. ↗
- ·Mutt versions before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt versions before 2018-07-16 are vulnerable. Patch or upgrade to fixed versions (Mutt >= 1.10.1, NeoMutt >= 2018-07-16) to remediate. ↗
- ·Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will not receive a fix for this CVE; RHEL 8 is not affected. RHEL 6 and 7 were addressed via RHSA-2018:2526. ↗
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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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-9f9v-862j-6944: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-14357 [CRITICAL] CWE-78 GHSA-9f9v-862j-6944: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with an automatic subscription.
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-2018-14357: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
osv·2018-07-17·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14357 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-14357: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with an automatic subscription.
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: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters
vendor_redhat·2018-07-08·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14357 [CRITICAL] CWE-20 mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters
mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with an automatic subscription.
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-14357: mutt - An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. The...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14357 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-14357: mutt - An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. The...
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with an automatic subscription.
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)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14357 mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-07-18·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14357 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-14357 mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-14357 mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters [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 versi
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14357 mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters
bugzilla·2018-07-18·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14357 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-14357 mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters
CVE-2018-14357 mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with an automatic subscription.
References:
http://www.mutt.org/news.html
Upstream Patch:
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1d
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e52393740334443ae0206cab2d7caef381646725
Discussion:
Created mutt tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1602916]
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Via RHSA-2018:2526 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA
http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e52393740334443ae0206cab2d7caef381646725https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1dhttps://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/3719-3/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e52393740334443ae0206cab2d7caef381646725https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1dhttps://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/3719-3/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
2018-07-17
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