Description
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 (12)
Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1d
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://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/95e80bf9ff10f68cb6443f760b85df4117cb15eb
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
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104925
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
0.0235
EPSS Percentile
85.0%
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-78
Status
published
Products (21)
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
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
... and 11 more
Published
Jul 17, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026