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CVE-2018-14362

Publication date 17 July 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. pop.c does not forbid characters that may have unsafe interaction with message-cache pathnames, as demonstrated by a '/' character.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mutt 24.10 oracular
Fixed 1.10.1-1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.10.1-1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1.10.1-1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1.10.1-1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1.10.1-1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.10.1-1
21.10 impish
Fixed 1.10.1-1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1.10.1-1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1.10.1-1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.10.1-1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 1.10.1-1
19.04 disco
Fixed 1.10.1-1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1.10.1-1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2
neomutt 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
mutt

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references