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Vulnerability details: VCID-egsy-92hs-gkc7
Vulnerability ID VCID-egsy-92hs-gkc7
Aliases CVE-2018-14355
Summary An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14355.json
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00633 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00633 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
epss 0.00633 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
cvssv3 5.4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14355
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14355
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-740
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14355.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14355
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/57971dba06346b2d7179294f4528b8d4427a7c5d
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/31eef6c766f47df8281942d19f76e35f475c781d
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
1602081 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1602081
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-14355 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14355
RHSA-2020:1126 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1126
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-2018-14355.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:L/I:L/A:N 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:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14355
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:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14355
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 0.62882
EPSS Score 0.00451
Published At Sept. 23, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:35:01.634216+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/ 37.0.0