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 an automatic subscription.
References (10)
Core 10
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
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/e52393740334443ae0206cab2d7caef381646725
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
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 (20)
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
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
6.0
... and 10 more
Published
Jul 17, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026