PT-2018-3305 · Neomutt+4 · Neomutt+4

Jeriko-One · Published 2018-07-07 · Updated 2025-01-15 · CVE-2018-14360

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 NeoMutt versions prior to 2018-07-16

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the nntp add group function in the newsrc.c file of the NeoMutt email client. This overflow is caused by incorrect usage of the sscanf function, which can lead to errors in memory object handling. The exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For NeoMutt versions prior to 2018-07-16, update to a version released after 2018-07-16 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the nntp add group function in the newsrc.c file until a patch is available. Avoid using the sscanf function in the affected nntp add group function until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2247

ALT-PU-2018-2274

BDU:2019-04579

CVE-2018-14360

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-2019:1196-1

USN-7204-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linuxmint

Neomutt

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 94

• https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6296f7153f0c9d5e5cd3aaf08f9731e56621bdd3 · Patch
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11079-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14349 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04579 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14360 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14360 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14360 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1328 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14351 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14360 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14356 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28896 · Vendor Advisory