CVE-2018-14357

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with an automatic subscription.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-14357
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-07-17T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-24T17:37:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.10.1
cpe:2.3:a:neomutt:neomutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 20180716
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1d Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e52393740334443ae0206cab2d7caef381646725 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.mutt.org/news.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14357
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14357
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:29:28 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 09:58:10 2018-07-17T17:29Z 2018-07-17T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 09:58:10 2020-08-24T17:37:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 09:58:10 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated