PT-2018-3304 · Mutt+5 · Mutt+5

Jeriko One · Published 2018-07-07 · Updated 2025-01-15 · CVE-2018-14359

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description A buffer overflow issue was discovered, which can be triggered via base64 data. This issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is related to a buffer overflow, which can be exploited by a remote attacker.

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

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2247

ALT-PU-2018-2274

BDU:2019-04578

CVE-2018-14359

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 · 110

• https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6f163e07ae68654d7ac5268cbb7565f6df79ad85 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04578 · Security Note
• 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://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/3d9028fec8f4d08db2251096307c0bbbebce669a · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14359 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11079-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-14359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14349 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14363 · Vendor Advisory