9.8

CVE-2018-14360: debian debian_linux Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-14360DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14360
Published 17-07-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-14360 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.65%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 6
DLA-1455-1DSA-4277-1MGASA-2018-0447OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11069-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11079-1SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1

Timeline

  1. 17-07-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.65% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.65%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian3 products
  • mutt< 1.9.1-1
  • neomutt< 20180716+dfsg.1-1
  • debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0
Neomutt1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • neomutt< 20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

3 vendors · 5 products

References

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