Description
An issue was discovered in NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. newsrc.c does not properly restrict '/' characters that may have unsafe interaction with cache pathnames.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
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
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0022
EPSS Percentile
44.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
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