CVE-2018-14355

mutt: IMAP header caching path traversal vulnerability

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 16, 2018

Updated · January 14, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')