CVE catalog
CVE-2018-14953
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14953
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.43% · Oct 27, 2026
The mail message display page in SquirrelMail through 1.4.22 has XSS via a "<math xlink:href=" attack. squirrelmail: persistent XSS in message display via a "<math xlink:href=" This issue affects the versions of squirrelmail as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/. The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | squirrelmail | 8 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | squirrelmail | 8 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | squirrelmail | 8 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | squirrelmail | 8 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 14.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 14.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 14.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 14.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u3build0.14.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 16.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 16.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 16.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2ubuntu1.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 16.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u1ubuntu0.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 16.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u2build0.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 16.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u2ubuntu0.16.04.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 16.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u2ubuntu0.16.04.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | 16.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u3ubuntu0.16.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | squirrelmail | deb | 8 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u3 | Not reported | DLA-1484-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | deb | 14.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u3build0.14.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14953 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | squirrelmail | deb | 16.04 | 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u3ubuntu0.16.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14953 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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