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Vulnerability details: VCID-btt4-fsyt-cqa5
Vulnerability ID VCID-btt4-fsyt-cqa5
Aliases CVE-2018-14357
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14357.json
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02785 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02785 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.02785 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.04035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
epss 0.04035 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
cvssv3 7.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14357
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14357
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-740
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14357.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14357
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14349
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14350
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14351
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14352
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14353
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14354
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14355
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14356
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14357
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14358
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14359
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14360
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14361
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14362
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14363
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e52393740334443ae0206cab2d7caef381646725
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1d
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
http://www.mutt.org/news.html
1602915 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1602915
904021 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=904021
AVG-740 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-740
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:neomutt:neomutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:neomutt:neomutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-14357 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14357
RHSA-2018:2526 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526
USN-3719-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/
USN-3719-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/
USN-3719-3 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/
USN-7204-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7204-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14357.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14357
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14357
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.84031
EPSS Score 0.02283
Published At Aug. 15, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:29:37.506204+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.6/main.json 37.0.0