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CVE-2019-16928

Exim Exim Internet Mailer — Exim Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability

KEV · due 17 MarEPSS 42%public exploitSSVC actCVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
99
CVSS 9.8 (ADP)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4In CISA KEV+3030.0EPSS percentile 98.7.987 × 2019.7Exploit: SSVC active+1010.0SSVC exploitation: active+1010.0
Description · from the CVE record

Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15846. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in string_vformat in string.c involving a long EHLO command.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
n/an/a–CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

reflists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190927.032457.c1044d4c.en.htmlrefbugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449refgit.exim.org/exim.git/commit/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65frefopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1refopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2refopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3advisorydebian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536advisoryusn.ubuntu.com/4141-1refopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4refseclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60advisorylists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDCadvisorylists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOBadvisorylists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSCadvisorysecurity.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47refcisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-16928kevcisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog