Buffer overflow in Mutt
CVE-2018-14359
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They have a buffer overflow via base64 data.
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: 0.041 (90.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.041 · 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)
- gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/3d9028fec8f4d08db2251096307c0bbbebce669a (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 (vendor-advisory, 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)
- 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)
- github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6f163e07ae68654d7ac5268cbb7565f6df79ad85 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-14359?
- CVE-2018-14359 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mutt, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-17.
- How severe is CVE-2018-14359?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.