VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-14355
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 3.23%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.23% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · mutt/mutt · neomutt/neomutt · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/57971dba06346b2d7179294f4528b8d4427a7c5dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/31eef6c766f47df8281942d19f76e35f475c781dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/releaseRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/57971dba06346b2d7179294f4528b8d4427a7c5dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/31eef6c766f47df8281942d19f76e35f475c781dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/releaseRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.