ubuntu-cve-2018-14355
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-07-17 00:00
Modified
2025-10-10 14:58
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "mutt",
            "binary_version": "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "mutt-patched",
            "binary_version": "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "mutt",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/mutt@1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu1",
        "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2",
        "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "mutt",
            "binary_version": "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "mutt-patched",
            "binary_version": "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "mutt",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/mutt@1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.5.23-3.1ubuntu1",
        "1.5.23-3.1ubuntu2",
        "1.5.24-1",
        "1.5.24-1build1",
        "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "mutt",
            "binary_version": "1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "mutt",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/mutt@1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.8.3+neomutt20170609-2build1",
        "1.9.1-2",
        "1.9.1-3",
        "1.9.1-4",
        "1.9.1-5",
        "1.9.2-1",
        "1.9.3-1",
        "1.9.4-2",
        "1.9.4-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "neomutt",
            "binary_version": "20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "neomutt",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/neomutt@20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "20171027-1",
        "20171027-2",
        "20171027+dfsg.1-1",
        "20171027+dfsg.1-2",
        "20171027+dfsg.1-4",
        "20171208+dfsg.1-1",
        "20171208+dfsg.1-2",
        "20171215+dfsg.1-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14355",
  "modified": "2025-10-10T14:58:38Z",
  "published": "2018-07-17T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14355"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/57971dba06346b2d7179294f4528b8d4427a7c5d"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.mutt.org/news.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-3"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14355"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7204-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3719-1",
    "USN-3719-2",
    "USN-3719-3",
    "USN-7204-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-14355"
  ]
}



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