Description
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e0131852c6059107939893016c8ff56b6e42865d
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/e27b65b3bf8defa34db58919496056caf3850cd4
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.mutt.org/news.html
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0313
EPSS Percentile
86.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
mutt/mutt
< 1.10.1
neomutt/neomutt
< 20180716
Published
Jul 17, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026