CVE-2018-14352
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.040 · 91 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (25)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-0102mutt: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2018-07-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in mutt ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Benutzerrechten auszuführen, Angriffe mit nicht näher spezifizierten Auswirkungen oder einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (32)
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- http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e27b65b3bf8defa34db58919496056caf3850cd4cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e0131852c6059107939893016c8ff56b6e42865dcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/releasecnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/cnnvd
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