CVE-2018-14357

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.42% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mutt.org Vendor Advisory neomutt.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1d third party advisory patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html third party advisory mailing list
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e52393740334443ae0206cab2d7caef381646725 third party advisory patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mutt.org/news.html release notes vendor advisory
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release release notes vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-14357?
CVE-2018-14357 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-14357?
To fix CVE-2018-14357, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-14357 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-14357 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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