An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with an automatic subscription.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1455-1 mutt security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4277-1 mutt security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-6278 An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with an automatic subscription.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3719-1 Mutt vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3719-2 Mutt vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3719-3 Mutt vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7204-1 NeoMutt vulnerabilities
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History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.04423}

epss

{'score': 0.02283}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:29:50.597Z

Reserved: 2018-07-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-14357

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-17T17:29:00.700

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:48:54.467

Link: CVE-2018-14357

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2018-07-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-14357 - Bugzilla

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