CVE-2018-14357 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-2018-14357?

CVE-2018-14357 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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 an automatic subscription.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14357?

It affects 10 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mutt Mutt, Neomutt Neomutt, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-14357?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2018-14357 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14357 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-14357, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14357, GHSA-9f9v-862j-6944, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14357.