CVE-2018-14360

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 17, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:40 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxNeomutt

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

An issue was discovered in NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. nntp_add_group in newsrc.c has a stack-based buffer overflow because of incorrect sscanf usage.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 20180716
Affected range stops below 20180716, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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