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CVE-2019-16928

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...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
September 27, 2019
Published Date
September 27, 2019
Last Updated
February 04, 2025
Vendor
n/a
Product
n/a
Description
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.

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

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

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (added 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20190927.032457.c1044d4c.en.html https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449 https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/478effbfd9c3cc5a627fc671d4bf94d13670d65f http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/3 https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4536 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4141-1/ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/28/4 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/60 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3TJW4HPYH3O5HZCWGD6NSHTEBTTAPDC/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UY6HPRW7MR3KBQ5JFHH6OXM7YCZBJCOB/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EED7HM3MFIBAP5OIMJAFJ35JAJABTVSC/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-47

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC