CVE-2018-14362

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 4%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EPSS
88.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 17, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated May 28, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat, github_commit.
generic

Mutt News

http://www.mutt.org/news.html
generic

[SECURITY] [DSA 4277-1] mutt security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
generic

Mutt, NeoMutt: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-07) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
generic

Release 2018-07-16 - NeoMutt

https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 1455-1] mutt security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
generic

Sanitize POP bcache paths. (6aed28b4) · Commits · Mutt Project / mutt · GitLab

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576
github_commit Patch Available

commit 9bfab3552230 (neomutt/neomutt)

Patch available: neomutt/neomutt 20211022 (contains commit 9bfab3552230)

https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntumutt (1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1) @ bionic2026-05-28ubuntu
ubuntumutt (1.5.21-5ubuntu2.3) @ precise2026-05-28ubuntu
ubuntuneomutt (20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ bionic2026-05-28ubuntu
ubuntumutt-patched (1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2) @ xenial2026-05-28ubuntu
redhatmutt-5:1.5.21-28.el7_52018-08-20redhat

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.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(5)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 46× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-14362?
CVE-2018-14362 is a critical vulnerability published on July 17, 2018. 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.
When was CVE-2018-14362 disclosed?
CVE-2018-14362 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 17, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-14362 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-14362 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 88.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-14362?
CVE-2018-14362 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-14362?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-14362, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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