CVE-2014-3618

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted email header, related to "unbalanced quotes."

Published: 2014-09-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3618 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.53%, 94th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-3618

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3618

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 9.82% 8.53% -1.29%
2 2025-08-11 10.17% 9.82% -0.35%
3 2025-03-30 — 10.17% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3618

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3618

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3618

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2014-3618: 1 source package rows (procmail); 1 state rows across 1 repos (3.11-main); fixed 0, open 1. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2014-3618
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-3618 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (procmail), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3618
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3618
suse high CVE-2014-3618 severity important: SUSE including 242 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 288 product×package rows across 55 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Liberty Linux 7, … (55 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 40, Known Not Affected 17. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3618/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3618 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (procmail), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3618

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3618

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
procmail procmail 3.22 cpe:2.3:a:procmail:procmail:3.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3618

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