An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/command.c mishandles a long IMAP status mailbox literal count size.
CVE-2018-14351
Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 50(Track)EG Risk 50/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity98% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 87%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 17, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (7)
Auto-updated Aug 20, 2026commit 3c49c44be9b4 (neomutt/neomutt)
Fix landed in neomutt/neomutt commit 3c49c44be9b4 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/3c49c44be9b459d9c616bcaef6eb5d51298c1741Mutt, NeoMutt: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-07) — Gentoo security
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07[SECURITY] [DLA 1455-1] mutt security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.htmlVerify IMAP status mailbox literal count size. (e57a8602) · Commits · Mutt Project / mutt · GitLab
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e57a8602b45f58edf7b3ffb61bb17525d75dfcb1Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | mutt-patched (1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2) @ trusty | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | mutt (1.5.21-5ubuntu2.3) @ precise | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | mutt-patched (1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | neomutt (20231103+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ noble | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(14 across 10 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutt | — | 1.10.1-1 | — |
| neomutt | — | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | — |
Debian:12(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutt | — | 1.10.1-1 | — |
| neomutt | — | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | — |
Debian:13(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutt | — | 1.10.1-1 | — |
| neomutt | — | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | — |
Debian:14(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutt | — | 1.10.1-1 | — |
| neomutt | — | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | — |
Alpine:v3.5(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutt | 1.4.2.3-r0 ... 1.7.2-r0 (23 versions) | 1.10.1-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.6(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutt | 1.4.2.3-r0 ... 1.8.3-r0 (29 versions) | 1.10.1-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutt | 1.4.2.3-r0 ... 1.9.1-r1 (32 versions) | 1.10.1-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutt | 1.10.0-r0 ... 1.9.5-r0 (38 versions) | 1.10.1-r0 | — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutt | 1.5.23-3 | 1.5.23-3+deb8u1 | — |
Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutt | 1.7.2-1 | 1.7.2-1+deb9u1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
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All Vendor Advisories
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