CVE-2018-14359

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14359
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-17 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-19 17:13:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They have a buffer overflow via base64 data.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Mutt Mutt All All All All
Application Mutt Mutt All All All All
Application Neomutt Neomutt All All All All
Application Neomutt Neomutt All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3719-1: Mutt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Mutt, NeoMutt: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-07) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3719-2: Mutt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Check outbuf length in mutt_to_base64() · neomutt/neomutt@6f163e0 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1455-1] mutt security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Release 2018-07-16 - NeoMutt MISC neomutt.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Mutt News MISC www.mutt.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4277-1 mutt DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3719-3: Mutt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Check outbuf length in mutt_from_base64() (3d9028fe) · Commits · Mutt Project / mutt · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296079 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 15.5.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)
  • 690595 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mutt/neomutt (fe12ef83-8b47-11e8-96cc-001a4a7ec6be)
  • 690645 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mutt (a2f35081-8a02-11e8-8fa5-4437e6ad11c4)
  • 710208 Gentoo Linux Mutt, NeoMutt Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-07)
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