critical
CVE-2018-14352
mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat6.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium), Red Hat (low).
Description
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.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.5 | mutt | 1.10.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.6 | mutt | 1.10.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.7 | mutt | 1.10.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.8 | mutt | 1.10.1-r0 |
| debian 11 | mutt, neomutt | 1.10.1-1 and 1 more |
| debian 12 | mutt, neomutt | 1.10.1-1 and 1 more |
| debian 13 | mutt, neomutt | 1.10.1-1 and 1 more |
| debian 14 | mutt, neomutt | 1.10.1-1 and 1 more |
| debian 8 | mutt | 1.5.23-3+deb8u1 |
| debian 9 | mutt | 1.7.2-1+deb9u1 |
| echo | mutt, neomutt | 1.10.1-1 and 1 more |
| Red Hat | mutt | no fix listed |
Show all 37 entries from 31 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.5 | mutt | 1.10.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.6 | mutt | 1.10.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.7 | mutt | 1.10.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.8 | mutt | 1.10.1-r0 |
| debian 11 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| debian 11 | neomutt | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| debian 12 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| debian 12 | neomutt | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| debian 13 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| debian 13 | neomutt | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| debian 14 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| debian 14 | neomutt | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| debian 8 | mutt | 1.5.23-3+deb8u1 |
| debian 9 | mutt | 1.7.2-1+deb9u1 |
| echo | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| echo | neomutt | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| Red Hat | mutt | no fix listed |
| ubuntu 14.04 | mutt | 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | mutt | 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | mutt | 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2 |
| ubuntu 18.04 | mutt | 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 18.04-ESM | mutt | 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 18.04-ESM | neomutt | 20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| ubuntu 18.10 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 19.04 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 19.10 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 20.04 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 20.04-ESM | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 20.10 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 21.04 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 21.10 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 22.04 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 22.10 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 23.04 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 23.10 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 24.04 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
| ubuntu 24.10 | mutt | 1.10.1-1 |
References
- http://www.mutt.org/news.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14352
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e27b65b3bf8defa34db58919496056caf3850cd4
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e0131852c6059107939893016c8ff56b6e42865d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
- https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14352
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
All 17 references
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7204-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14352
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277