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Vulnerability details: VCID-cxmg-3uq4-abhn
Vulnerability ID VCID-cxmg-3uq4-abhn
Aliases CVE-2018-14362
Summary An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. pop.c does not forbid characters that may have unsafe interaction with message-cache pathnames, as demonstrated by a '/' character.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14362.json
epss 0.0268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.0268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.0268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.0268 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.02828 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.02828 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
epss 0.05396 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
cvssv3 8.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14362
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14362
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-740
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14362.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14362
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/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576
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
1602079 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1602079
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: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: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-2018-14362 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14362
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:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14362.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:U/C:H/I:N/A:H 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-2018-14362
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-2018-14362
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 0.85298
EPSS Score 0.0268
Published At Sept. 16, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:35:01.722186+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/ 37.0.0