Description
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/31eef6c766f47df8281942d19f76e35f475c781d
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
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/57971dba06346b2d7179294f4528b8d4427a7c5d
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
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
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0075
EPSS Percentile
73.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
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