CVE-2018-14362

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14362
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-14362.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-14362
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-07-17T17:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-18T08:53:37.219179Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/muttmua/mutt

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/muttmua/mutt
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
ed9d7727dc705754871e31cb41420f0ea956495b

Affected versions

Other

mutt-0-92-10i
mutt-0-92-11i
mutt-0-92-9i
mutt-0-93-unstable
mutt-0-94-10i-rel
mutt-0-94-13-rel
mutt-0-94-14-rel
mutt-0-94-15-rel
mutt-0-94-16i-rel
mutt-0-94-17i-rel
mutt-0-94-18-rel
mutt-0-94-5i-rel
mutt-0-94-6i-rel
mutt-0-94-7i-rel
mutt-0-94-8i-rel
mutt-0-94-9i-p1
mutt-0-94-9i-rel
mutt-0-95-rel
mutt-0-96-1-rel
mutt-0-96-2-slightly-post-release
mutt-0-96-3-rel
mutt-0-96-4-rel
mutt-0-96-5-rel
mutt-0-96-6-rel
mutt-0-96-7-rel
mutt-0-96-8-rel
mutt-0-96-rel
mutt-1-1-1-1-rel
mutt-1-1-1-2-rel
mutt-1-1-1-rel
mutt-1-1-10-rel
mutt-1-1-11-rel
mutt-1-1-12-rel
mutt-1-1-13-rel
mutt-1-1-14-rel
mutt-1-1-2-rel
mutt-1-1-3-rel
mutt-1-1-4-rel
mutt-1-1-5-rel
mutt-1-1-6-rel
mutt-1-1-7-rel
mutt-1-1-8-rel
mutt-1-1-9-rel
mutt-1-1-rel
mutt-1-10-rel
mutt-1-3-1-rel
mutt-1-3-10-rel
mutt-1-3-11-rel
mutt-1-3-12-rel
mutt-1-3-13-rel
mutt-1-3-14-rel
mutt-1-3-15-rel
mutt-1-3-16-rel
mutt-1-3-17-rel
mutt-1-3-18-rel
mutt-1-3-19-rel
mutt-1-3-2-rel
mutt-1-3-20-rel
mutt-1-3-21-rel
mutt-1-3-22-1-rel
mutt-1-3-22-rel
mutt-1-3-23-1-rel
mutt-1-3-23-2-rel
mutt-1-3-23-rel
mutt-1-3-24-rel
mutt-1-3-25-rel
mutt-1-3-26-rel
mutt-1-3-27-rel
mutt-1-3-3-rel
mutt-1-3-4-rel
mutt-1-3-5-rel
mutt-1-3-6-rel
mutt-1-3-7-rel
mutt-1-3-8-rel
mutt-1-3-9-rel
mutt-1-3-rel
mutt-1-5-1-rel
mutt-1-5-10-rel
mutt-1-5-11-rel
mutt-1-5-12-rel
mutt-1-5-13-rel
mutt-1-5-14-rel
mutt-1-5-15-rel
mutt-1-5-16-rel
mutt-1-5-17-rel
mutt-1-5-18-rel
mutt-1-5-19-rel
mutt-1-5-2-rel
mutt-1-5-20-rel
mutt-1-5-21-rel
mutt-1-5-22-rel
mutt-1-5-23-rel
mutt-1-5-24-rel
mutt-1-5-3-rel
mutt-1-5-4-rel
mutt-1-5-5-1-rel
mutt-1-5-5-rel
mutt-1-5-6-rel
mutt-1-5-7-rel
mutt-1-5-8-rel
mutt-1-5-9-rel
mutt-1-6-1-rel
mutt-1-6-2-rel
mutt-1-6-rel
mutt-1-7-1-rel
mutt-1-7-2-rel
mutt-1-7-rel
mutt-1-8-1-rel
mutt-1-8-2-rel
mutt-1-8-3-rel
mutt-1-8-rel
mutt-1-9-1-rel
mutt-1-9-2-rel
mutt-1-9-3-rel
mutt-1-9-4-rel
mutt-1-9-5-rel
mutt-1-9-rel
post-type-punning-patch
pre-type-punning-patch

Git / github.com/muttmua/mutt

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e

Affected versions

Other

neomutt-20160822
neomutt-20160827
neomutt-20160910
neomutt-20160916
neomutt-20161002
neomutt-20161003
neomutt-20161014
neomutt-20161028
neomutt-20161104
neomutt-20161126
neomutt-20170113
neomutt-20170128
neomutt-20170206
neomutt-20170225
neomutt-20170306
neomutt-20170414
neomutt-20170421
neomutt-20170428
neomutt-20170526
neomutt-20170602
neomutt-20170609
neomutt-20170707
neomutt-20170714
neomutt-20170907
neomutt-20170912
neomutt-20171006
neomutt-20171013
neomutt-20171027
neomutt-20171208
neomutt-20171215
neomutt-20180223
neomutt-20180323
neomutt-20180512
neomutt-20180622

Database specific

vanir_signatures

[
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "id": "CVE-2018-14362-5032a5cc",
        "source": "https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "newsrc.c"
        },
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
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                "166461457871203343767825428571992619843",
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            ]
        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2018-14362-7c96e5e9",
        "source": "https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "function": "nntp_hcache_namer",
            "file": "newsrc.c"
        },
        "digest": {
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            "length": 137.0
        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "id": "CVE-2018-14362-7ee6e997",
        "source": "https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "pop.c"
        },
        "digest": {
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                "241370935965336750474995126612698116846",
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                "82051695059155998028808786658533210318",
                "122795335888784005275271044672923481284",
                "222778029668092806927494490481893861537",
                "224596775040337544067511760021919277960",
                "221925278420521875570561763670544009873",
                "310573466833311325665692755462274655651",
                "35115817430826594319918924333839638986"
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        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2018-14362-8f9282b8",
        "source": "https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "function": "pop_sync_mailbox",
            "file": "pop.c"
        },
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "221900545852017990172313032652197004192",
            "length": 1605.0
        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2018-14362-dc6726c2",
        "source": "https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "function": "pop_fetch_headers",
            "file": "pop.c"
        },
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "317257631665400846064623998635648083237",
            "length": 3017.0
        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2018-14362-e1053d8a",
        "source": "https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "function": "msg_cache_check",
            "file": "pop.c"
        },
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "126506414352260493509523767341186245450",
            "length": 502.0
        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2018-14362-ee32bb20",
        "source": "https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "function": "pop_fetch_message",
            "file": "pop.c"
        },
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "221749324668458347741321909465042818204",
            "length": 2597.0
        },
        "deprecated": false
    }
]

Git / github.com/muttmua/mutt

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576

Affected versions

Other

mutt-0-92-10i
mutt-0-92-11i
mutt-0-92-9i
mutt-0-93-unstable
mutt-0-94-10i-rel
mutt-0-94-13-rel
mutt-0-94-14-rel
mutt-0-94-15-rel
mutt-0-94-16i-rel
mutt-0-94-17i-rel
mutt-0-94-18-rel
mutt-0-94-5i-rel
mutt-0-94-6i-rel
mutt-0-94-7i-rel
mutt-0-94-8i-rel
mutt-0-94-9i-p1
mutt-0-94-9i-rel
mutt-0-95-rel
mutt-0-96-1-rel
mutt-0-96-2-slightly-post-release
mutt-0-96-3-rel
mutt-0-96-4-rel
mutt-0-96-5-rel
mutt-0-96-6-rel
mutt-0-96-7-rel
mutt-0-96-8-rel
mutt-0-96-rel
mutt-1-1-1-1-rel
mutt-1-1-1-2-rel
mutt-1-1-1-rel
mutt-1-1-10-rel
mutt-1-1-11-rel
mutt-1-1-12-rel
mutt-1-1-13-rel
mutt-1-1-14-rel
mutt-1-1-2-rel
mutt-1-1-3-rel
mutt-1-1-4-rel
mutt-1-1-5-rel
mutt-1-1-6-rel
mutt-1-1-7-rel
mutt-1-1-8-rel
mutt-1-1-9-rel
mutt-1-1-rel
mutt-1-10-rel
mutt-1-3-1-rel
mutt-1-3-10-rel
mutt-1-3-11-rel
mutt-1-3-12-rel
mutt-1-3-13-rel
mutt-1-3-14-rel
mutt-1-3-15-rel
mutt-1-3-16-rel
mutt-1-3-17-rel
mutt-1-3-18-rel
mutt-1-3-19-rel
mutt-1-3-2-rel
mutt-1-3-20-rel
mutt-1-3-21-rel
mutt-1-3-22-1-rel
mutt-1-3-22-rel
mutt-1-3-23-1-rel
mutt-1-3-23-2-rel
mutt-1-3-23-rel
mutt-1-3-24-rel
mutt-1-3-25-rel
mutt-1-3-26-rel
mutt-1-3-27-rel
mutt-1-3-3-rel
mutt-1-3-4-rel
mutt-1-3-5-rel
mutt-1-3-6-rel
mutt-1-3-7-rel
mutt-1-3-8-rel
mutt-1-3-9-rel
mutt-1-3-rel
mutt-1-5-1-rel
mutt-1-5-10-rel
mutt-1-5-11-rel
mutt-1-5-12-rel
mutt-1-5-13-rel
mutt-1-5-14-rel
mutt-1-5-15-rel
mutt-1-5-16-rel
mutt-1-5-17-rel
mutt-1-5-18-rel
mutt-1-5-19-rel
mutt-1-5-2-rel
mutt-1-5-20-rel
mutt-1-5-21-rel
mutt-1-5-22-rel
mutt-1-5-23-rel
mutt-1-5-24-rel
mutt-1-5-3-rel
mutt-1-5-4-rel
mutt-1-5-5-1-rel
mutt-1-5-5-rel
mutt-1-5-6-rel
mutt-1-5-7-rel
mutt-1-5-8-rel
mutt-1-5-9-rel
mutt-1-6-1-rel
mutt-1-6-2-rel
mutt-1-6-rel
mutt-1-7-1-rel
mutt-1-7-2-rel
mutt-1-7-rel
mutt-1-8-1-rel
mutt-1-8-2-rel
mutt-1-8-3-rel
mutt-1-8-rel
mutt-1-9-1-rel
mutt-1-9-2-rel
mutt-1-9-3-rel
mutt-1-9-4-rel
mutt-1-9-5-rel
mutt-1-9-rel
post-type-punning-patch
pre-type-punning-patch

Database specific

vanir_signatures

[
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2018-14362-220a3e57",
        "source": "https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt@6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "function": "pop_sync_mailbox",
            "file": "pop.c"
        },
        "digest": {
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        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
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        "signature_type": "Function",
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        "source": "https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt@6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576",
        "signature_version": "v1",
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        "signature_version": "v1",
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            "file": "pop.c"
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        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2018-14362-f506d620",
        "source": "https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt@6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "function": "pop_fetch_message",
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]