VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-14358
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/message.c has a stack-based buffer overflow for a FETCH response with a long RFC822.SIZE field.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.91%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/message.c has a stack-based buffer overflow for a FETCH response with a long RFC822.SIZE field.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.91% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- mutt/mutt · neomutt/neomutt · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/1b0f0d0988e6df4e32e9f4bf8780846ea95d4485Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/3287534daa3beac68e2e83ca4b4fe8a3148ff870Patch, 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/3719-1/Third 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/1b0f0d0988e6df4e32e9f4bf8780846ea95d4485Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/3287534daa3beac68e2e83ca4b4fe8a3148ff870Patch, 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/3719-1/Third 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. Refreshed daily.