Stack-based buffer overflow in Mutt - CVE-2018-14350
Published: July 31, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14137
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14350
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to stack-based buffer overflow in imap/message.c. A remote attacker can use FETCH response with a long INTERNALDATE field, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
Mutt
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
mutt (Alpine package)
mutt
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
mutt (Alpine package)
mutt
How to mitigate CVE-2018-14350
Update to version 1.10.1.
Mutt - update to 1.10.1
mutt (Alpine package) - update to 1.10.1-r0
mutt - addressed in versions 1.9.2-2.fc27, 1.10.1-1.fc28
mutt (Alpine package) - update to 1.10.1-r0
mutt - addressed in versions 1.9.2-2.fc27, 1.10.1-1.fc28