CVE-2018-14360

An issue was discovered in NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. nntp_add_group in newsrc.c has a stack-based buffer overflow because of incorrect sscanf usage.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/6296f7153f0c9d5e5cd3aaf08f9731e56621bdd3	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:neomutt:neomutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-07-17 10:29

Updated : 2020-05-19 10:17

NVD link : CVE-2018-14360

Mitre link : CVE-2018-14360

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

neomutt

neomutt

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