9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-14356
Mutt Zero-Length UID Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. pop.c mishandles a zero-length UID.

INFO

Published Date :

July 17, 2018, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 20, 2020, 1:07 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-14356 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Mutt mutt
1 Neomutt neomutt
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-14356.

URL Resource
http://www.mutt.org/news.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/93b8ac558752d09e1c56d4f1bc82631316fa9c82 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e154cba1b3fc52bb8cb8aa846353c0db79b5d9c6 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-14356 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    May. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.10.1 *cpe:2.3:a:neomutt:neomutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2018-07-16 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.10.1 *cpe:2.3:a:neomutt:neomutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 20180716
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-19 CWE-824
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/93b8ac558752d09e1c56d4f1bc82631316fa9c82 No Types Assigned https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/93b8ac558752d09e1c56d4f1bc82631316fa9c82 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mutt.org/news.html No Types Assigned http://www.mutt.org/news.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e154cba1b3fc52bb8cb8aa846353c0db79b5d9c6 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e154cba1b3fc52bb8cb8aa846353c0db79b5d9c6 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release No Types Assigned https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-19
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.10.1 *cpe:2.3:a:neomutt:neomutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2018-07-16
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.76 }} -0.21%

score

0.80543

percentile

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