VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-14362
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. pop.c does not forbid characters that may have unsafe interaction with message-cache pathnames, as demonstrated by a '/' character.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.67%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.67%). 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. pop.c does not forbid characters that may have unsafe interaction with message-cache pathnames, as demonstrated by a '/' character.
- 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
- 3.67% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- mutt/mutt · neomutt/neomutt · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576Patch, 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576Patch, 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. Refreshed daily.