{"id":"CVE-2018-14359","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-14359","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:20:28.502Z","title":"They have a buffer overflow via base64 data.","description":"An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They have a buffer overflow via base64 data.","published":"2018-07-17T17:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:40:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-120"],"affected":["mutt/mutt","neomutt/neomutt","canonical/ubuntu linux","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.04019,"percentile":0.9052,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.mutt.org/news.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6f163e07ae68654d7ac5268cbb7565f6df79ad85","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/3d9028fec8f4d08db2251096307c0bbbebce669a","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mutt.org/news.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6f163e07ae68654d7ac5268cbb7565f6df79ad85","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/3d9028fec8f4d08db2251096307c0bbbebce669a","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14359","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}