CVE-2018-14360
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 2.7% (pctl 85)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
An issue was discovered in NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. nntp_add_group in newsrc.c has a stack-based buffer overflow because of incorrect sscanf usage.
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 | 2.65% — more likely to be exploited than 85% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-07-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| neomutt | neomutt |
References
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6296f7153f0c9d5e5cd3aaf08f9731e56621bdd3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
- https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6296f7153f0c9d5e5cd3aaf08f9731e56621bdd3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
- https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
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