CVE-2018-14354

mutt: Remote code injection vulnerability to an IMAP mailbox

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

9.6

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 16, 2018

Updated · January 9, 2026

Description

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 a manual subscription or unsubscription.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 9.6
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation