CVE-2018-14360

CRITICAL EPSS 83.8%
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 NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. nntp_add_group in newsrc.c has a stack-based buffer overflow because of incorrect sscanf usage.

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
83.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
debiandebian_linux8.0any
debiandebian_linux9.0any
neomuttneomutt* <20180716

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6296f7153f0c9d5e5cd3aaf08f9731e56621bdd3
    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
  • debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6296f7153f0c9d5e5cd3aaf08f9731e56621bdd3
    PatchThird Party Advisory