CVE-2020-14954 — Injection in Mutt

CWE-74 — InjectionCWE-77 — Command Injection12 documents8 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
5.8%
top 9.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
MuttNeomuttCanonical Ubuntu Linux+3 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 21
Latest updateJan 15

Description

Mutt before 1.14.4 and NeoMutt before 2020-06-19 have a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, the client reads additional data (e.g., from a man-in-the-middle attacker) and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection."

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

▶NVDneomutt/neomutt< 20200619
▶Debianneomutt/neomutt< 20200619+dfsg.1-1+3
▶Ubuntuneomutt/neomutt< 20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1+3
▶NVDmutt/mutt< 1.14.4
▶Debianmutt/mutt< 1.14.4-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 8.0, 9.0, Fedora 31, 32, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, 20.04

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: gitlab.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
neomutt vulnerabilities↗2025-01-15
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GHSA
GHSA-fv44-9w74-ffg5: Mutt before 1↗2022-05-24
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OSV
mutt vulnerability and regression↗2020-06-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-14954: Mutt before 1↗2020-06-21
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OSV
CVE-2020-14954: Mutt before 1↗2020-06-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
NeoMutt vulnerabilities↗2025-01-15
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Ubuntu
Mutt vulnerability and regression↗2020-06-24
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Red Hat
mutt: response Injection via STARTTLS in SMTP, POP3 and IMAP↗2020-06-16
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Debian
CVE-2020-14954: mutt - Mutt before 1.14.4 and NeoMutt before 2020-06-19 have a STARTTLS buffering issue...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-14954 mutt: response Injection via STARTTLS in SMTP, POP3 and IMAP↗2020-06-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-14954 mutt: response Injection via STARTTLS in SMTP, POP3 and IMAP [fedora-all]↗2020-06-23
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