An issue was discovered in NeoMutt before 2018-07-16.

published 2018-07-17 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-6282

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.5%; EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. nntp.c proceeds even if memory allocation fails for messages data.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 5 links 1

neomutt neomutt 20180716

debian ubuntu suse opensuse arch linux

mutt Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.1-1
neomutt Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 20180716+dfsg.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14361

neomutt Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14361

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mutt SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 1.10.1-55.6.1
mutt SLE Module for Basesystem 15 1.10.1-3.3.4
mutt SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 1.10.1-55.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1196-1 SUSE-SU-2018:2085-1 SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1

mutt openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.0.7-2.2
neomutt openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210205-3.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11069-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:11079-1

neomutt Arch Linux 20180716-1

arch linux advisories AVG-740

github.com/neomutt/neomutt@9e927af commit

Exploit prediction

2.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

github.com /neomutt/neomutt/commit/9e927affe3a021175f354af5fa01d22657c20585
patch, third-party-advisory
debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4277
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
neomutt.org /2018/07/16/release
release-notes, vendor-advisory
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-14361
NVD CVE-2018-14361

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Summary