Path Traversal in Mutt
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (88.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mutt
- Neomutt
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/31eef6c766f47df8281942d19f76e35f475c781d (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/57971dba06346b2d7179294f4528b8d4427a7c5d (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mutt.org/news.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-14355?
- CVE-2018-14355 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mutt, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-07-17.
- How severe is CVE-2018-14355?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.