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CVE-2018-14362

An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. pop.c does not forbid characters that may h

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.01808
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

10
mutt< 1.10.1
neomutt< 20180716
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
debian linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux server ausall versions
redhat enterprise linux server eusall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD17 Jul 2018 · 05:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

11
usnUSN-7204-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11069-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11079-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1196-1
usnUSN-3719-3
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59ePatchThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/releaseRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07Third Party Advisory
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