Description
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. pop.c does not forbid characters that may have unsafe interaction with message-cache pathnames, as demonstrated by a '/' character.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526
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/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e
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
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
9.8
EPSS
0.0168
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
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-119
Status
published
Products (18)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
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
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus
7.6
... and 8 more
Published
Jul 17, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026