Description
An issue was discovered in NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. nntp_add_group in newsrc.c has a stack-based buffer overflow because of incorrect sscanf usage.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
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
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6296f7153f0c9d5e5cd3aaf08f9731e56621bdd3
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
52.7%
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 (3)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
neomutt/neomutt
< 20180716
Published
Jul 17, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026