UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14354

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14354

    Published: 17 Jul 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-14354
    Aliases:
    USN-3719-1
    USN-3719-2
    USN-3719-3

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with a manual subscription or unsubscription.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14354, https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/95e80bf9ff10f68cb6443f760b85df4117cb15eb, http://www.mutt.org/news.html, https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14354, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7204-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mutt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2

    Affected versions

    1.5.21-6.4ubuntu1
    1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2
    1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High