Arbitrary Command Execution via Backquote Characters in Mutt and NeoMutt

Arbitrary Command Execution via Backquote Characters in Mutt and NeoMutt

CVE-2018-14354 · CRITICAL Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

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