Buffer overflow in Mutt
CVE-2018-14352
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.040 (90.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.040 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mutt
- Neomutt
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e0131852c6059107939893016c8ff56b6e42865d (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e27b65b3bf8defa34db58919496056caf3850cd4 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mutt.org/news.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-14352?
- CVE-2018-14352 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mutt, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-17.
- How severe is CVE-2018-14352?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.