PT-2018-2728 · Mutt+5 · Mutt+5

Jeriko One · Published 2018-07-07 · Updated 2025-01-15 · CVE-2018-14350

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mutt versions prior to 1.10.1 NeoMutt versions prior to 2018-07-16

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the imap/message.c file for a FETCH response with a long INTERNALDATE field. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Mutt versions prior to 1.10.1, update to version 1.10.1 or later. For NeoMutt versions prior to 2018-07-16, update to a version released after 2018-07-16.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2247

ALT-PU-2018-2274

BDU:2019-01626

CVE-2018-14350

DLA-1455-1

DSA-4277-1

MGASA-2018-0447

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2212-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_0052-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11069-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11079-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2085-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2403-1

SUSE-SU-2019:1196-1

USN-3719-1

USN-3719-2

USN-3719-3

USN-7204-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linuxmint

Mutt

Neomutt

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 112

• https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/1b0f0d0988e6df4e32e9f4bf8780846ea95d4485 · Patch
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2403-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mutt.org/news.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11079-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14350 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14349 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14350 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01626 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se16-bulletin-20220829SE16 · Vendor Advisory