CVE-2018-14350 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Mutt (before 1.10.1) and NeoMutt (before 2018-07-16), specifically within the imap/message.c component when processing a long INTERNALDATE field in a FETCH response. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely without user interaction to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 20180716CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:neomutt:neomutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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