CVE-2018-14354
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 6.2% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with a manual subscription or unsubscription.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 6.15% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-07-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (10)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| mutt | mutt |
| neomutt | neomutt |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux server aus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server eus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server tus |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
References
- http://www.mutt.org/news.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104925
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/95e80bf9ff10f68cb6443f760b85df4117cb15eb
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1d
- 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104925
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/95e80bf9ff10f68cb6443f760b85df4117cb15eb
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1d
- 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
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