CVE-2018-14352

CRITICAL EPSS 89.3%
Published Jul 17, 20187y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Jul 17, 2018 7y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
89.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 8

VendorProductVersionRange
muttmutt* <1.10.1
neomuttneomutt* <20180716
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04any
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04any
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04any
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04any
debiandebian_linux8.0any
debiandebian_linux9.0any

References 10

  • mutt.org http://www.mutt.org/news.html
    Release NotesVendor Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e27b65b3bf8defa34db58919496056caf3850cd4
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e0131852c6059107939893016c8ff56b6e42865d
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • neomutt.org https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
    Release NotesVendor Advisory
  • security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
    Third Party Advisory
  • usn.ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/
    Third Party Advisory
  • usn.ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/
    Third Party Advisory
  • usn.ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/
    Third Party Advisory
  • debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e27b65b3bf8defa34db58919496056caf3850cd4
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e0131852c6059107939893016c8ff56b6e42865d
    PatchThird Party Advisory