CVE-2018-14353
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c has an integer underflow.
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c has an integer underflow.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-07-17 17:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 09:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-07-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0642b9a51c83ad05f274c8e6f1925be57e469efdb18eaba49da222a1084074e0
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3719-3https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4277https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e0131852c6059107939893016c8ff56b6e42865d
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180802 [SECURITY] [DLA 1455-1] mutt security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201810-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
- www.mutt.orghttp://www.mutt.org/news.html
- neomutt.orghttps://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3719-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/
- github.comhttps://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/65d64a5b60a4a3883f2cd799d92c6091d8854f23
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- neomutt Fixed in 20180716-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- mutt Fixed in 1.10.1-1
- neomutt Fixed in 20180716+dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mutt Fixed in 1.10.1-1
- neomutt Fixed in 20180716+dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mutt Fixed in 1.10.1-1
- neomutt Fixed in 20180716+dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- mutt Fixed in 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- mutt Fixed in 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- neomutt Fixed in 20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.