Memory Allocation Bypass in NeoMutt Email Client
CVE-2018-14361

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Debian
Status
Debian Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 July 2018

What is CVE-2018-14361?

A flaw in NeoMutt prior to July 16, 2018, allows the software to continue processing NNTP messages even if memory allocation for message data fails. This could potentially lead to unexpected behavior or crashes since the application fails to handle the memory-related errors appropriately.

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References

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9e927affe3a0211...
x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg0...
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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