CVE-2018-14359
What it is
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They have a buffer overflow via base64 data.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 4.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 4.0% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.8 CRITICAL (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 4.0% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-120 · Classic buffer overflow
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Mutt < 1.10.1
- Neomutt < 20180716
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04
- Debian Linux 8.0
- Debian Linux 9.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- http://www.mutt.org/news.html
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6f163e07ae68654d7ac5268cbb7565f6df79ad85
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/3d9028fec8f4d08db2251096307c0bbbebce669a
- https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
- http://www.mutt.org/news.html
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6f163e07ae68654d7ac5268cbb7565f6df79ad85
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/3d9028fec8f4d08db2251096307c0bbbebce669a
- https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
References
- http://www.mutt.org/news.html
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6f163e07ae68654d7ac5268cbb7565f6df79ad85
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/3d9028fec8f4d08db2251096307c0bbbebce669a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
- https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
- http://www.mutt.org/news.html
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6f163e07ae68654d7ac5268cbb7565f6df79ad85
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/3d9028fec8f4d08db2251096307c0bbbebce669a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
- https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277