UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14355

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14355
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14355.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14355
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Published
2018-07-17T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:44:42Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / mutt

Package

Name
mutt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mutt@1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.21-6.4ubuntu1
1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2
1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt",
            "binary_version": "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt-patched",
            "binary_version": "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt-patched-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / mutt

Package

Name
mutt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mutt@1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.23-3.1ubuntu1
1.5.23-3.1ubuntu2
1.5.24-1
1.5.24-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt",
            "binary_version": "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt-patched",
            "binary_version": "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt-patched-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / mutt

Package

Name
mutt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mutt@1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.3+neomutt20170609-2build1
1.9.1-2
1.9.1-3
1.9.1-4
1.9.1-5
1.9.2-1
1.9.3-1
1.9.4-2
1.9.4-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt",
            "binary_version": "1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mutt-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / neomutt

Package

Name
neomutt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/neomutt@20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

Other

20171027-1
20171027-2

20171027+dfsg.*

20171027+dfsg.1-1
20171027+dfsg.1-2
20171027+dfsg.1-4

20171208+dfsg.*

20171208+dfsg.1-1
20171208+dfsg.1-2

20171215+dfsg.*

20171215+dfsg.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "neomutt",
            "binary_version": "20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "neomutt-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}