CVE-2018-14362
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 17, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:40 AM UTC
10 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 1.10.1
Affected range stops below 1.10.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 20180716
Affected range stops below 20180716, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
95%
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59ex_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.htmlx_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/releaseVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/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-119
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