CVE-2018-14362 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mutt

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-22 — Path Traversal15 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.81%
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. pop.c does not forbid characters that may have unsafe interaction with message-cache pathnames, as demonstrated by a '/' character.

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 16.04, 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-8wxh-p6hf-c3ph: 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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CVEList
CVE-2018-14362: 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: POP body caching path traversal vulnerability↗2018-07-16
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14362 mutt: POP body 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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