critical
CVE-2018-14357
mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters
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 Hat7.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (medium).
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.
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 |
| amazon linux 2 | mutt, mutt-debuginfo | 5:1.5.21-28.amzn2 |
| 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 |
Show all 40 entries from 33 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 |
| amazon linux 2 | mutt | 5:1.5.21-28.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | mutt-debuginfo | 5:1.5.21-28.amzn2 |
| 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 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | mutt | 5:1.5.20-9.20091214hg736b6a.el6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | mutt | 5:1.5.21-28.el7_5 |
| 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/errata/RHSA-2018:2526
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14357
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e52393740334443ae0206cab2d7caef381646725
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1d
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2018-14357.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-2526.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
All 19 references
- https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14357
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
- 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/3719-3/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14357
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277