Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU14147

Improper input validation in Mutt - CVE-2018-14361

Published: July 31, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU14147

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-2018-14361

CWE-ID: CWE-20

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 nntp.c proceeds even if memory allocation fails for messages data. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted input and cause the service to crash.

Affected software

Mutt
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2018-14361

Update to version 1.10.1.

Mutt - update to 1.10.1

External References

http://www.mutt.org/news.html

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