CVE-2018-14357 — OS Command Injection in Mutt

CWE-78 — OS Command InjectionCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation15 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
2.3%
top 15.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
10
MuttNeomuttCanonical Ubuntu Linux+7 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 17
Latest updateJan 15

Description

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.

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 Packages9 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 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, Enterprise Linux 7.6, 7.7, 7.5

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-9f9v-862j-6944: 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-2018-14357: 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: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters↗2018-07-08
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14357 mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters [fedora-all]↗2018-07-18
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14357 mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters↗2018-07-18
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